INS: Tourist arrivals and overnight stays in Romania increased in September 2026

Tourist arrivals at accommodation establishments in Romania increased by 4.8% in September 2026 compared with the same month last year, reaching 1.32 million people, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics. Overnight stays rose by 3.6%, to 2.8 million.

Romanian tourists accounted for 76.7% of total arrivals and 79% of overnight stays, while foreign tourists accounted for 23.3% and 21%, respectively. The average length of stay was 2.2 days for Romanians and 1.9 days for foreign tourists. The net utilization rate of accommodation capacity reached 30.5%, 0.3 percentage points above the level recorded in September 2025.

In the first nine months of 2026, Romania recorded 11.07 million arrivals, 1.2% more than in the same period of 2025, and 23.99 million overnight stays, up 0.5%. However, the occupancy rate fell by 1.3 percentage points, to 29.5%.

The highest number of arrivals was recorded in Constanța County, Bucharest and Brașov. The main foreign markets were Germany, Italy and the United States.