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The Romanian seaside has become more expensive than the Spanish and the Turkish one
The Romanian seaside has become in 2014 more expensive than the Spanish or Turkish one, although two years ago it was surpassed only by the Bulgarian one in a top of the cheapest seasides, shows a study of the Federation of Employers’ association in the Tourism – FPTR which analyses the costs of holiday shopping for several summer destinations.
According to the latest study of the Post Office regarding the holiday shopping where prices of eight food produce and non-food products of usual consumption in 40 holiday destinations and among which Romania was not included, the cheapest summer destinations of Europe are Bulgaria, Spain and Turkey.
According the calculations of the FPTR, Romania occupies the fourth place following the three countries with a holiday shopping sum of 41.3 euro. The employers’ association took into account Neptun, well-known for its low prices. If they had calculated the prices of Mamaia, it is possible that the Romanian seaside would have become more expensive than some destinations considered as luxurious.
The holiday shopping analysed includes a meal for two adults ( three courses and a bottle of local wine), a glass of wine, a package of cigarettes Marlboro Lights, a bottle of local beer, a bottle of mineral water of 1.5 l, a cup of coffee served in a coffee house and a bottle of Coca Cola and a sun protection tube – 15 sun factor.
Following the analysis of these data Bulgaria was considered as the cheapest destination, the potential tourists evaluating the total cost of the daily holiday shopping at 38.46 euro and at the other end, considered as the most expensive destination for holiday is Italy (Sorrento)where the tourists will spend 80.89 euro for the same goods and services.
The holiday shopping in Spain gets to 39.14 euro, in Turkey is 40, 87 euro, in Croatia is 62.78 euro, in France is 63.97 euro and in Egypt is 72.42 euro.
According to the representatives of FPTR spending holidays in Romania could be a luxury for the majority of the Romanians due to the low purchasing power.
The 1.71 million foreign tourists who visited Romania last year, the majority for business purposes spent 4.79 billion lei (1.08 billion euro), the highest share being owned by the sums allocated for accommodation, according to the data of the National Institute for Statistics (INS).
The Eurostat data show that although the number of nights spent by foreign tourists in accommodation units in Romania went up last year by 5.1%, the Romanian tourism is still behind the neighbouring states, less than one night out of five being covered by visitors from abroad. The foreign tourists spent last year in Romania 3.5 million nights, among the lowest levels of the EU, four times under the results of Hungary or Bulgaria.