December 17 (SeeNews) - Romania's revenue from foreign tourist arrivals increased to 5.2 billion lei ($1.3 billion/1.1 billion euro) in January-September, compared to 4.7 million lei in the same period of last year, the country's statistical office, INS, said on Monday.
The number of non-resident tourists increased to 2.21 million in the first nine months of this year from 2.16 million in the like period of 2017, INS said in a statement.
The main reason of foreign tourists' stay in Romania was business - 57.3% of the total.
(1 euro = 4.65 lei)