More than 1,165,523 foreign tourists stayed on the Mior plains in the first seven months of this year. We are mainly visited by Italians, Germans, Israelis and Americans, especially attracted not only by the capital, but also by mountainous areas or areas around the Danube Delta.

Tourists go homePhoto: Jerónimo Alba / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

In June, 10% of tourists who visited our country stayed in Airbnb, i.e. 121,753 people, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. In addition, the American short-term rental platform reached $200 million in the local market last year, according to the draft “National Tourism Development Strategy of Romania” published in August 2023 by the Ministry of Economy, Enterprise and Tourism. , about 15,000 properties offered for rent on Airbnb:

“The sharing economy is increasingly becoming a phenomenon that affects Romanian tourism. For example, according to online statistics, Romania is represented by approximately 15,000 properties offered for rent on the Airbnb portal. About a quarter of them (3,910 objects in the first quarter of 2022) are located in Bucharest.”

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