The number of the touristic voyages made by residents in 2021 was 17,861,300, the share of the voyages for holidays out of the total being 93.0%, for business and professional reasons -2.2% and for other reasons (religious pilgrimage, medical treatment, etc.) -4.8%, according to the data centralized by the National Institute for Statistics.Most voyages made in 2021 were 1-3 nights, 62% out of the total of voyages for business and professional reasons and 61.2% of the total of the voyages for holidays.As in previous years, the preference of the Romanian tourists regarding accommodation during holidays, 53.8% of preferred accommodation with relatives and friends. There follows accommodation in hotels and similar units, 22.8% and other types of accommodation (touristic chalets, boarding houses, bed and breakfast bungalows, ship accommodation)-15.1%.The rest of accommodation, namely private rent accommodation (rooms and apartments), holiday houses (private houses), campsites and other types of free-of-charge accommodation were preferred by 8.3% of the tourists.During the voyages for business and professional reasons, the Romanian tourists were accommodated in proportion of 31.9% in hotels and similar units. Other types of accommodation were used in proportion of 23.5%, other types of free-of-charge accommodation, 22.3% with relatives and friends and in private rented houses (rooms and rented apartments)-13.5%. The rest of the types of accommodation were preferred by 8.8% of the tourists participating in this type of voyage.The peak month for business travels was February for domestic travel with 13.2% of the total of this type of travel and January for foreign travel (20%).95.7% of the travel for holidays abroad, made in 2021 had as destination countries in Europe, the countries of the European Union being 91.5% of the total.In 2021, the Romanian residents spent over 16.379 billion lei for holiday and business travel, out of which 80.7% for those with domestic destinations and 19.3% for those with foreign destinations.Out of the total of touristic expenses for holiday travel in 2021, 81.8% were expenses for travel in the country, and 18.2% for travel abroad.
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