Marasoiu said the percentage is extremely low compared to other European countries. He added that most investments in Romania’s tourism sector have been chaotic over the past 20 years, as all sorts of accommodation establishments have been built.
According to Marasoiu, over 200 hotels in Romania have been put up for sale, but nobody is buying them because they are “badly designed.”
Marasoiu concluded saying this situation has a bad impact on the country’s labor and tourist markets.
Over 1,300 hotels, with around 100,000 rooms, are registered in Romania.
Romania is next-to-last among European countries in terms of hotel occupancy rates during the summer season. Also, Romania ranks last by the share of foreigners in the total number of tourists, due to a poor inflow of foreign travelers, the country’s bad image abroad, high tariffs and tax evasion.