OREANDA-NEWS. August 22, 2011. Moldovan collective tourist accommodation structures served 100,2 thousand citizens in the first half of 2011, up 7.4% over the same period last year. The most part of tourists who used collective accommodation structures’ services were Moldovan citizens (66.6 percent), foreign citizens made up just 33.4% of visitors.

In comparison with the same period lat year, the number of tourists living in collective structures increased by 7.4%, in sanatorium structures – by 30.9%, tourist villas – 26.7 percent, hotels and motels – 11.2 percent, hostels – 0.8 percent. Most tourists arrived in Moldova from Romania – 22.1 percent. It was followed by Ukraine (10.5 percent), Russian (10.1), Italy (5.5), Germany (5.5), USA (4.9), Turkey (3.9), France (3).

The total number of overnight stays of tourists since the beginning of the year has been 537.4 thousand, up 5% over the same period lat year. The total net usage of tourist accommodation capacity was 27.4 percent.