Overall spending surged by 25% compared to 2023 and the average amount spent by a foreign tourist increased by 13%.
Business trips accounted for 49.2% of total trips by non-resident tourists arriving in Romania in 2024, with their expenditure making up 55.7% of overall spending.
Private trips represented 50.8% of total trips of non-resident tourists arriving in Romania in 2024, with their expenses representing 44.3% of overall spending.
Of the total number of non-residents arriving in Romania in 2024, four out of ten (40.4%) organized their stay on their own, 36.1% organized their stay via travel agencies, 16% opted for other ways of organizing the trip (for example, via a trade union), while 7.5% organized their trips both on their own and via travel agencies.
The main means of transport used to arrive in Romania in 2024 was the plane, chosen by 77.7% of the total number of tourists, while 14.9% used their own cars, 5.8% coaches and buses, 0.6% river boats, 0.3% trains and 0.7% other means of transport (rented cars, motorcycles, etc.).
For comparison, Bulgaria attracted more than 13 million foreign tourists in 2024, half of whom from Romania, Türkiye, Greece, Germany and the UK, INS data also show.