Over 60% of the foreigners (62.1%) accommodated in the first half of the year in Romanian hotels and boarding houses came for business, congresses, conferences, exhibitions, and only 37.9% came for holidays, shopping, events, visits to friends or medical treatment.
Expenses of foreigners coming for business to Romania accounted for 69.4% of the total expenses in January-June, while those of foreigners coming for holidays accounted for 30.6% of the total.
Foreigners’ expenses in restaurants and bars were at 16.3%, while expenses for shopping represented 12%.
Car renting accounted for 54.9% of the total transport expenses, while expenses for entertainment parks, casinos, games, represented 64.3% of the total expenses for entertainment.
Over 40% of the non-residents accommodated in Romania resorted to a travel agency, while 33.5% organized the trip by themselves.
Most of the non-residents came to Romania by airplane (77.4%), 13.2% used their own car, 7.2% came by bus or coach, while 2.2% used other transport means (train, boats, rented cars, motorcycles).