Approximately 73% of Romanians claim that they will not go on vacation at all this winter, and of those who will, almost 11.5% will spend their winter vacation in Romania, in the mountains, 7.5% will spend it with relatives/in the country, over 6% on the Romanian seacoast and only 2.6% will spend it abroad, according to a survey carried out by CEC Bank in partnership with FinZoom.ro.Among those who will spend their holidays abroad, about 22% say they will go to Turkey, almost 16% chose Spain, 12.5% - Greece, 10% each will spend their holidays in Bulgaria and Italy and over 6% in Egypt. Other holiday destinations include Norway, the UK and Brazil.When it comes to the budget allocated this year for the winter vacation, approximately 80% of the respondents mentioned that they will allocate less than RON 1,000, over 11% answered between RON 1,000 - 2,000, 6.5% will allocate between RON 2,000 - 4,000, and almost 4% intend to spend over RON 4,000.Regarding the means of transport that Romanians use to go on vacation, the personal car is the first choice. More than half of those who will go on vacation will go by car, about 23% chose to travel by train, over 15% by bus and approximately 8% by plane.The survey was conducted online by the FinZoom financial comparator, at the request of CEC Bank, on a sample of about 1,200 respondents from all over the country, representative of Internet users. 53% of the respondents are employees, 75% live in the city and over 27% have higher education.
On Monday, December 23, Romanian police brought Nica Robert Florin back to the country. The man convicted of possession of high-risk drugs, bodily harm, and driving under the influence of alcohol, is listed among Romania’s Most Wanted category and was also wanted internationally. Romanian authorities revealed at the beginning of October that they had indications […]
An investigation by the famous British newspaper Financial Times revealed that the campaign of former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was supported by a Russian network also used during the pandemic in France and Germany to instill fear of vaccines. The newspaper’s investigation began in continuation of those by Bulgarian and Romanian journalists at BG...
Bucharest’s District 3 City Hall will once again organize a special New Year’s Eve event in Titan Park, with a program of live concerts, multimedia shows, and even a simulation of the Northern Lights. The event, set to begin at 8:00 PM on December 31, will focus on the theme of infinity. “If you missed […]
Traffic on Lot 1 of the A7 Ploiești-Buzău highway, stretching 21 kilometers in southern Romania, was officially opened on Monday, December 23. With this opening, 102 kilometers of the total 320 kilometers of the highway are now usable. The Moldova Highway, as it has been called, is meant to connect Romania's economically underdeveloped eastern regions to […]
The Dutch technology investor Prosus NV, also the majority shareholder of Romania’s largest online retailer eMAG, is set to buy the online travel agency Despegar.com Corp, focused on Latin America, for approximately USD 1.7 billion. The purchase consideration will be funded from existing cash resources, the company said. Founded in Argentina in 1999, Despegar is one […]
The new Forestry Code, which passed the Parliament vote on December 17 and was signed into law by president Klaus Iohannis on December 20, includes provisions that protect all forests in Ilfov, the county surrounding Bucharest, making them the cornerstone of the future green belt around the capital city. Moreover, it legislates green belts nationwide, […]
