Most tourists who spent their holidays in local Black Sea resorts until the middle of the summer season are from Bucharest , over 36% of all those who chose the Romanian seaside being from the Capital, shows data collected by Litoralulromanesc.ro, the largest tour operator in this segment. At the opposite pole are the counties of Tulcea, Ialomița, Mehedinți and Sălaj, which, cumulatively, do not add up to even two percent. Moreover, the residents of the Capital are recurring tourists, given that some of them go to the sea even 3-4 times per summer, unlike those from other counties, who organize a single trip per season to the Romanian seaside.
The top counties from which tourists on the Romanian coast come
The data analyzed in the 2022-2023 season, on a sample of over 207.000 reservations, highlights the fact that almost 36% of the tourists who arrived in this interval on the Romanian coast come from Bucharest . The capital leads the ranking by a long way, the next two places in the Top 3 being at a great distance. Thus, the second place is occupied by Prahova County, with 5,92% of the total tourists coming to the coast, and the third position is Cluj County, with 5,27% of the total.
Next, the Top 10 counties from which tourists come to the sea are: Timiș (5,20%), Brașov (4,44%), Iași (4,30%), Argeș (2,75%), Bacău (2,14%), Dolj (2,14%) and Suceava (2,10%).
At the bottom of the ranking are the counties of Tulcea, Ialomița, Mehedinți and Sălaj, which, cumulatively, generate less than 2% of the total number of tourists who choose the Romanian coast.
In another vein, the residents of the Capital are also the ones who frequent the local seaside several times throughout a summer season, some of them even 3-4 times , unlike tourists from other counties, who spend only one stay at the seaside per summer. There are also differences in terms of the average length of stay: while Bucharest residents stay on the seaside for an average of 2,8 nights, tourists who come from other counties, especially those located at a great distance, choose stays with an average of 4,6 nights.
"We found that as tourists live further away from their destination, the average length of stay increases, because for most of them this trip represents the only vacation of the year in the Romanian Black Sea resorts . The effort made for this trip is greater for tourists who come from counties such as Cluj, Timiș or Iași, therefore the time they spend on the coast is longer. In contrast, for Bucharest residents, access to the coast is much faster and easier, whether they choose to travel by personal car or by train. That is why, especially for young people, a <<escape>> to the sea on an extended weekend is within reach" , says Ionuț Nedea, CEO Litoralulromanesc.ro.
The analysis also reveals that among the Romanians who book stays on the Romanian seaside, there are also people from Constanța. Constanța County is almost in the middle of the ranking, with 1,19% of total reservations, a percentage close to that of Hunedoara and Gorj counties, among which it is in this top.
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