Over 965,000 non-resident tourists stayed in Romania in the first half of this year, and their total spending amounted to 3 billion lei, according to data the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on last Thursday.On average, a non-resident tourist spent 3,100 lei in Romania in the first half of this year.Business trips were the main reason for 55.7% of non-resident tourists who arrived in Romania between January and June, accounting for 58.6% of the total expenditure.More than 44% of non-resident tourists arrived in Romania for private purposes, accounting for 41.4% of total expenditure.In the second quarter, the total number of non-resident tourists accommodated in collective tourist accommodation structures was 586,300 and their expenditures amounted to 1.85 billion lei (on average 3156.9 lei/person).Of the non-resident tourists who arrived in Romania in the second quarter of 2024, 53.6% traveled for business purposes, their expenditures accounting for 57.2% of the total expenditures. Of the total business spending in the second quarter, the main share was spent on accommodation (52%), followed by expenditure in restaurants and bars (16.9%) and shopping (14%).Private tourists accounted for 46.4% of the total, their expenditure representing 42.8% of total expenditure. Spending on accommodation accounted for 43.6% of total spending, followed by spending on shopping (15.3%) and spending in restaurants and bars (15.1%).
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
