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Tourism: Tourists increasingly interested in Danube cruises
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Romanians have become increasingly interested in cruises on the Danube, the number of those who preferred to spend their vacations traveling on the water this year going up by approximately 20% against last year, the owner of a cruise ship on the Danube, Marius Crivtonencu said. The ship he manages was launched last year, in the Danube Delta, and offered stays of up to five days in the Romanian and Ukrainian Danube Deltas, and ...
Non-resident tourists arriving in Romania for business purposes spend 1.746 billion RON in first 9 months
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Non-resident tourists arriving in Romania for business purposes spent, in the first nine months of this year, over 1.746 billion lei, and those arriving for private purposes 1.41 billion RON, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics.The total number of non-residents staying in collective tourist accommodation structures, between January and September 2022, was 1,167,400, and their expenses totaled 3.157 billion ...
Peak month for vacations, August, and for business trips, June and May
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The peak month for holiday travel was, between January and September 2022, the month of August, both for domestic travel, with 20.8%, and for external travel, with 26.5% of the total of this type of travel, the National Institute of Statistics informs.In terms of business travel, the peak month was June for domestic travel, with 15.9%, and May for external travel, with 18.5% of the total of this type of travel, according to data centralized by the National ...
Real Estate: Real estate transaction market in 2022: Bucharest exceeded foreign capital for the first time
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
In 2022, two records are noted on the market of transactions with income-generating real estate assets in Romania: for the first time the Romanian capital exceeds the foreign capital (cumulatively) and a Romanian investor, Pav?l Holding (the owner of the Dedeman brand), made the largest real estate transaction, according to the analysis performed by Fortim Trusted Advisors, member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate ...
Infrastructure: Craiova, Sibiu airports receive 5.2 million lei state aids
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Minister of Development Cseke Attila said on Wednesday that in the Government meeting it was decided to allocate 5.2 million lei worth of state aid to the airports in Craiova and Sibiu, which had losses in the first 6 months of this year.He added that the rest of the airports that fell into the category with more than 200,000 passengers had no losses, as such they did not qualify to receive state aid."The total amount that is allocated for the ...
EU-funded contract worth almost 213 ml RON signed for expansion of Oradea Airport passenger terminal
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
General manager of the Oradea International Airport, Razvan Horga, signed on Thursday at the Transport Ministry headquarters the EU funding contract for an almost 213 million RON project to expand the passenger terminal, the Bihor County Council said in a release.Following the implementation of the project, the built area of the terminal will increase more than four times from the current 2,925 sqm to approximately 12,500 sqm.Funding will be provided ...
Ministry of Development allocates over 7bn RON for developing road, social infrastructure of several localities
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The Minister of Development, Public Works and Administration, Cseke Attila, signed 11 contracts for financing road and social infrastructure and the activities of some companies from several localities, in a total amount of 7,068,480 RON, non-refundable funds, through the Regional Operational Program (POR).According to a press release sent on Tuesday by the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, five signed contracts aim at the ...
Healthcare: Health Program 2021-2027: More than 700 million for infrastructure and services for chronic patients
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The ministry of investments and European projects (MIIPE) sent data referring to the Health Programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which includes 700 million euro which will be used for chronic patients. The quoted source said that investments in long term caring are one of the priorities of the Health Programme 2021 – 2027 and will be directed to the sanitary units which diagnose and treat chronic terminal ...
Tourism: Georgios Stafylakis (EOT): Over one million Romanian tourists visited Greece in 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The number of Romanian tourists who visited Greece this year exceeded one million, the double compared to the previous season, Georgios Stafylakis, the director of the Greek Tourist Organization (EOT) in Bucharest told Agerpres. He pointed out that a normal number of tourists coming from Balkan countries is about 1.5 millions: “In the Balkan area, the normal number of tourists is about 1.5 ...
Foreign tourists spend over 609 million euros in Romania in first nine months of 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The total number of non-resident tourists staying in collective tourist accommodation structures was 1.167 million, in the first nine months of the year, their expenses totaling 3.157 billion RON (rd 609 million euros), on average 2.704 RON/person, according to a press release from to the National Institute of Statistics, sent on Friday.(1 euro = 4.9206 RON)Professional and business trips represented the main reason for the stay spent by 51.5% of ...
Spa&balneo centre in Borsec, one of the most beautiful in Romania, officially opened
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The FONTANA spa&balneo centre in Borsec, considered to be one of the most beautiful in the country, was officially inaugurated on last Thursday, in the presence of local and county authorities, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Tourism and the Ministry of Health.At the opening event, the mayor of the resort, Mik Jozsef, said that after 12 years of waiting one of the most important moments in the recent history of Borsec has ...
Cars: Number of electric vehicles registered in Romania exceeds 10,100, in first 11 months
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
A number of 10,140 electric vehicles were registered in Romania this year, and Dacia Spring model remains Romanians' favorite, according to an analysis carried out by one of the most important players in the area of electric mobility at the local level.According to the Lektri.Co Index, Romania's electric vehicles fleet exceeded 23,000 units, with 915 such vehicles registered in November, of which 12 were LCV commercial vehicles.With the 459 units ...
Turnover in vehicle trade up 5.4 pct, market services up 27.3 pct in first 10 months of 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The volume of turnover in the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles increased, as unadjusted series, by 5.4%, in the first ten months compared to the similar period of the previous year, and the volume of turnover in the market services provided to the population increased by 27.3%, according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Thus, in the period January 1 - October 31, 2022, year-on-year, the advance in the volume ...
National production of automobiles goes up by 24.6% during first 11 months
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Romania produced, in November of this year, 48,562 cars, and in the first 11 months a total number of 473,535 units, with 24.6% more compared to the same period in 2021, according to data published on Friday by the Romanian Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACAROM).Official statistics reveal that, of the total number of passenger cars produced in November, 33,066 units left the gates of the Dacia plant in Mioveni, and ...
New car registrations increase 7% in the first 11 months; 57.7% advance for electrified cars
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
New car registrations increased by 7% in the first 11 months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, with "electrified" cars registering an advance of 57.7% and reaching a share of market of 20.9%, according to an analysis carried out by the Association of Automobile Makers and Importers (APIA).In November, there was a 2.5% decrease in vehicle registrations compared to the same month of the previous year. Cars (which represent approximately 84% of ...
Infrastructure: Two million lei allocated in the 2023 budget for the finalization of the Brasov Airport
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The liberal (PNL-ruling party) deputy, Gabriel Andronache, the PNL deputy Cristina Vecerdi and PNL senator Mihai Vestea lodged an amendment to the law for state budget for next year which was approved, on Wednesday in the plenary of the Parliament and which includes the allocation of two million lei, in the budget for the finalization of Brasov Airport before the putting to use of the airport in June ...
Number of passengers at "Stefan cel Mare" Airport in Suceava increases 70 pct against 2021
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The number of passengers at the "Stefan cel Mare" Airport increased this year by 70pct, compared to 2021, reaching 715,405 from 729 flights, President of the Suceava County Council (CJ) Gheorghe Flutur told a news conference, on Thursday.He showed that it is estimated for the number of passengers who are to be processed at the "Stefan cel Mare" Airport by the end of this year to reach approximately 800,000.The President of the Suceava CJ ...
Trade: Analysis: Retailers sell 20% less products in December
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
In December, one of the most effervescent shopping periods of the year, retailers will see a decrease of between 5% and 20% in the number of products sold compared to the same month last year, but they will have higher revenues by about 5% in the context of high inflation, shows an analysis carried out by White Image, an email marketing agency in Romania. According to its representatives, businesses that have not invested in audience profiling will suffer, as their ...
Romanians are the youngest European buyers shopping in duty-free stores
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
3.8 (out of 5) is the degree of satisfaction of Romanians in duty-free stores in the european area, the services and luxury products segment being the most appreciated. One out of three Romanian customers completes a visit in duty-free locations through purchase and one out of two declares that they visit these spaces when they travel, both percentages being above the European ...
Real estate: Vacancy rate of new office buildings is half old buildings' rate
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The vacancy rate of modern buildings, erected in the last 10 years in Bucharest, was about 10% by mid 2022, compared to 18% for buildings completed until 2012, according to an analysis made by Colliers, a real estate consulting company. “This major difference brings to the fore quality improvements made for offices built in Romania, while older and better located buildings maintained their ...