12.16.2015

Online travel agency Vola.ro wants to tap the corporate travel market in 2016, by acquiring a company operating in the field or by developing its own department and co-opting an experienced manager. more

12.15.2015

The tourism sector in Romania was marked by a number of international events like the crisis in Greece and the attacks in France, which made many Romanians reconsider their vacations abroad, by the more

10.02.2015

Romania’s balneal tourism is seen generating revenues of EUR350 million in 2015, up 20% against the previous year, due to an increase in investments and the number of tourists, according to the more

09.03.2015

Most Romanians do their research and book their summer vacation online and over 40% go on vacation only once a year, preferably by plane, according to a survey conducted in June by hotel booking more

08.18.2015

Romanian tourism agencies market increased 10% on the year in 2014, at 4.3 billion lei, in a biggest growth over the last six years on the backdrop of a higher appetite for city-breaks. more

08.03.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 14.5% in the first six months from the year-earlier period, while overnight staying increased 14.3% compared with January-June 2014, data more

07.01.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 14.6% in May from the year-earlier month, while overnight staying increased 12.3% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

06.23.2015

Romania's national tourism authority ANT will assign nearly EUR8 million this year from EU funds to promote Romania as a tourist destination through outdoor advertising and at international tourism more

06.03.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 15.3% in April from the year-earlier month, while overnight staying increased 14.1% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

05.05.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 12.3% in March from the year-earlier month, while overnight staying increased 14.6% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

05.04.2015

The board of directors of Sigma Hotel Management dismissed general manager Bruno Negoita in March because he breached his mandate contract by hiring people and signing services contracts without board more

04.28.2015

Regional investment fund SIF Transilvania has dropped plans to restructure its tourism portfolio and has fired the managers it hired just three months ago and who had drafted a three-year action plan, more

04.08.2015

Tourism, a sector with almost 7,000 hotel companies that generate 4 billion lei (almost EUR1 billion) revenue a year, saw the government deciding to cut the value added tax to 9% for accommodation more

04.01.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 9.1% in February from the year-earlier month, while overnight staying increased 12.7% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

03.11.2015

Romania needs a clear strategy to attract foreign tourists and needs to promote a niche segment abroad in the context where its seaside is not an attractive destination because of the prices that are more

03.03.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 17.1% in January from the year-ago month, while overnight staying increased 17.7% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

02.03.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 6.6% in 2014 compared with the previous year, while overnight staying increased 4.8% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

01.14.2015

Romania's Governments approved Wednesday a VAST rate of 9% instead of 24% for tourist accommodation services. more

01.08.2015

Businessman Marius Cristescu, who controls, together with his brother, Emil Cristescu, Bega Turism company, the largest tourism company in Timis county, managing three hotels in this area, says he more

01.07.2015

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 5.4% in November from the year-earlier month, but overnight staying decreased 1.6% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

12.29.2014

Romania’s largest travel agencies forecast revenue increases of 4% to 20% for 2015, according to company officials. more

12.22.2014

The Romanian tourism industry saw minimal investment in infrastructure in 2014, even though the ski resorts and spa towns would badly need upgrades to become attractive to foreign tourists. more

12.09.2014

The sales tax will be lowered from 24% to 9% for all-inclusive touristy packages, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday after talks with IMF and EU officials. more

12.02.2014

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 9.9% in October from the year-earlier month, while overnight staying increased 2.5% on the year, data from the statistics institute INS more

11.03.2014

Arrivals at Romanian tourism accommodation establishments rose 10.8% in September from the year-earlier month, while overnight staying increased 5.4% on the year, data from the statistics institute more