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Tourists at 22% of figures for corresponding period last year


https://www.ipn.md/en/tourists-at-22-of-figures-for-corresponding-period-last-year-7966_1077763.html

The collective tourist accommodation facilities in January – September were visited by 66,200 tourists, which is 22.1% of the figures for the corresponding period last year. Of all the tourists, 43,000 were resident tourists, while 23,200 were non-resident ones, IPN reports.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of accommodated tourists declined due to the lower number of persons who stayed at summer camps, accommodation facilities, hotels and motels, tourist pensions or homes for visitors.

The accommodated tourists came from the following countries: Romania (31.6%), Ukraine (14.2%), Russia (9.4%), Italy (5.0%), Turkey (4.9%), the U.S. (4.0%).

The collective tourist accommodation facilities in January – September registered 276,000 tourist overnight stays, a 78.8% decrease on the same period of 2019. An average stay was of five days.