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Romania Lags Far Behind Bulgaria in Tourism

1 min read Tourism Source: Novinite

From our news archive: this article was published in October 2010. Figures and rules may have changed since.

Romania's income from foreign tourism is four times smaller than Bulgaria's, Romanian newspaper Ziarul Financiar reports.

In 2009, Romania's revenues from tourism amounted to EUR 882 M, according to the Romanian Statistical Institute. In comparison, Bulgaria's income from foreign tourists was EUR 3.72 B, Hungary made EUR 5.63 B, the Czech Republic – EUR 6.5 B, Croatia – EUR 8.8 B.

The number of foreign tourists who visited Romania in 2009 is five times smaller than the number attracted by Bulgaria.

In 2009, Romania welcomed 1.275 million foreign tourists, compared with 5.739 million in Bulgaria, 9 million in Hungary, 6 million in the Czech Republic, and 9.3 million in Croatia.

Originally published by Novinite.