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The Russian tourists who give up to travelling to Turkey or Egypt will come to Romania with a culture of the services from such countries, Bulgaria included, and we cannot afford to lose competition to those, National Authority for Tourism (ANT) President Anca Pavel-Nedea (photo) said in a specialty conference on Monday. ‘From the tourist […]

The Municipality of Alba Iulia is now a member of the “League of Historical Cities”, as local councillors approved on Wednesday joining this international organisation, that includes 108 more localities worldwide. A non-profit international organization, ‘League of Historical Cities’ supports and promotes dialogue between cities in order to explore cultural and historical patrimony. The purpose […]

• Romania will have its own stand at the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition in March Romania’s first official delegation to promote tourism in Moscow will meet more than 100 Russian tour operators, National Tourism Authority (ANT) President Anca Pavel-Nedea told.. ‘Through our promotion office in Moscow, we monitor the trend of tourist travels, […]

Low-cost carrier Ryanair announced on January 14 the opening of its 78th base at Timisoara’s ‘Traian Vuia’ International Airport. The base, for which Ryanair will allocate one airplane, represents an investment of EUR 100 M and will become operational on November 1, according to the information offered by company representatives. The carrier will operate seven […]

The National Tourism Authority (ANT) will participate, January 14 to 17, 2016, with a national stand, in the tourism fair ‘Ferien Messe 2016′ in Vienna. Romania’s stand will be located between the Greek and Turkish ones and will group together 27 tourism companies and institutions. Among the exhibitors in Romania’s stand will be the County […]

Rasnov Fortress of Brasov County was included in the chart of the most beautiful ten castles in the world in wintertime. The magazine Conde Nast Traveler published a list of the most beautiful ten “snow” castles in the world, with amazing landscapes and imposing fortresses worth visiting during wintertime. Rasnov Fortress, that registered in 2015 […]

Year-on-year, arrivals and overnight stays in establishments offering tourist accommodation went up by 17.1pct, respectively 15.9pct, in the first 11 months of 2015, mostly due to an influx of Romanian tourists, a statement by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) informs. Arrivals recorded in establishments offering tourist accommodation in the period January – November 2015 […]

The over 155,000 Romanians who have spent the winter holidays in the country and abroad have spent almost 36 million euro, according to estimates by the Romanian Tourism Employers’ Federation (FPTR). Over 147,000 Romanians have spent the New Year’s holiday in the country’s resorts, down by 3.5pct against 2014, and spending rd 140 million lei, […]

The 28 tourists, mainly British and German, who have spent the New Year’s Eve in the only ice hotel of Romania, the one at Lake Balea (Balea Lac), in the southern Fagaras Mts., faced a frosty night, given that the morning temperature recorded minus 18.8 degrees Celsius and 76 cm of snow, according to forecasters. […]

The capacity of tourist accommodation in operation in the first nine months of 2015 went up by 5pct year-on-year to 62.66 million beds, with hotels owning the largest share (61.3pct), according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INS). In the first nine months of 2015, out of the total tourist accommodation capacity in […]