In the first half of this year, hospitality establishments in Moldova were visited by over 150,000 tourists, which is by 12% percent more than in the similar period last year.
The National Statistics Bureau reported that over 71,000 were foreign visitors, and over 80,000 were domestic tourists. Most foreign tourists came from Romania, Ukraine, Russia, the United States, Germany and Italy.
Most tourists chose tourist pensions and agropensions, hotels and motels, spas and summer camps. Fewer tourists stayed at hostels.
The average stay lasted 5.2 days.