The tourist accommodation capacity in operation was in 2020 by 27.8 percent lower than the previous year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

In 2020, the hotels held the largest share (60.1 percent) in the total tourist accommodation capacity in operation, followed by agritourism guesthouses (13.4 percent), tourist guesthouses (11.3 percent), tourist villas (4.4 percent), hostels (3.6 percent), motels (2.9 percent), and the rest of the types of tourist reception structures with tourist accommodation functions (4.3 percent).

The index of net use of the tourist accommodation capacity in operation was last year of 22.9 percent in the total structures of tourist reception with accommodation functions.

The number of Romanian tourists accommodated in the tourist reception structures with accommodation functions represented 92.8 percent of the total arrivals. Compared to 2019, the number of arrivals decreased by 52.3 percent in total, the number of arrivals of Romanian tourists decreasing by 44.5 percent, and that of foreign tourists decreasing by 83 percent.

The number of overnight stays of Romanian tourists accommodated in the tourist reception structures with accommodation functions represented 93.1 percent of the total accommodations. Compared to 2019, the total number of overnight stays decreased by 51.6 percent, the number of overnight stays of Romanian tourists decreasing by 45.3 percent, and that of foreign tourists by 81.1 percent.

The arrivals of foreign visitors in Romania in 2020 were 5,022,700, decreasing by 60.8 percent compared to 2019. The means of road transport were the most used by foreign visitors for trips to Romania (82.6 percent of the number total arrivals); the rest of the trips were made by air (14.5 percent), river/sea (2 percent) and rail (0.9 percent).

The departures of Romanian visitors abroad were stood at 9,510,100, decreasing by 58.8 percent compared to 2019. Most of the trips of Romanian visitors abroad were made by means of road transport (71 percent); the rest of the trips were made by air (28.3 percent), rail (0.4 percent) and naval transport (0.3 percent). 

Via Agerpres