April 2 (SeeNews) - The number of tourists staying in Romania edged up by 0.2% on the year to 1.52 million in the first two months of 2020, the statistics board, INS, said on Thursday.
Tourists spent 2.98 million overnights in Romania in January-February, up 0.4% year-on-year, INS said in a statement.
Romania tourist numbers and overnights (y/y pct change in brackets):
|
Jan-Feb '20 |
Feb |
Total tourists |
1,520,700 (+0.2%) |
724,400 (-4.5%) |
-foreign tourists |
248,400 (-9.6%) |
120,800 (-10.5%) |
Total overnights |
2,980,100 (+0.4%) |
1,404,600 (-6.1%) |
-foreign tourists |
537,600 (-3.1%) |
261,300 (-3.2%) |
Source: INS
The number of tourists staying in Romania in 2019 rose 3.6% on the year to 13.26 million.