Germany increasingly more popular among Romanian tourists, report says
<p>Romanian tourists made 760,000 trips with at least one overnight stay in Germany in 2023, which represents a roughly 22% increase from the year before, according to data from the German National Tourist Board (DZT). They spent a total of 8.5 million nights in Germany during their trips last year, which places the country 4th in the ranking of Romanians' international travel destinations.</p>

<p>By regions, most of the Romanian tourists who traveled to Germany in 2023 were residents of Transylvania (24%), followed by Moldova and the Bucharest region (20% and 18%, respectively), Muntenia (11%), Banat (10%), Oltenia (8%), Crisana (4%), Satu Mare and Maramures (3%), and Dobrogea (2%).</p>

<p>When looking at the Romanians' reasons for traveling to Germany, the same report said that 54% of the trips with accommodation in Germany were leisure holidays. Meanwhile, 24% were business trips, and 22% were visits to relatives/friends and other private trips.</p>

<p>According to the same source, of the 173 million cultural trips made by Europeans worldwide in 2023, 18.7 million tourists had Germany as their destination, which makes it the number 1 destination for cultural trips by Europeans.</p>

<p>At the same time, city breaks represent an important segment for incoming tourism in Germany: out of a total of 31.5 million vacations by Europeans in Germany in 2023, 12.9 million trips were to big cities, representing a share of 41%.</p>

<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

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