Tourism was at a level of 40-50% of the capacity in 2021, but even so, the workforce in the domain dropped only by 30%, stated in a conference Dumitru Luca, the chairman of the National Association of the Tourism Agencies (ANAT).He added that the touristic packages offered by the tour operators are adapted to all kinds of situations where the tourist could be, at a certain moment, to offer his protection.According to Dumitru Luca, the domain of incoming has a huge potential and represents the engine for relaunching tourism in Romania. “I was and still am for the importance of incoming in that it has huge potential. Tourism is the engine of the relaunch of tourism. We had by far the steepest drop of 24% in incoming. A few measures were taken in a hasty way, not thought out enough then. The worst of all was the closure of the treatment bases of the hotels in the spa resorts. We have also passed that moment and the most important achievement that we have selected very little time ago with the current government team is the recognition of incoming as an export of tourist services. It was a goal of ours that we've been fighting for for over 20 years Similar to every form of export, incoming tourism must benefit from zero quota of VAT, as any form of export of goods and services. There is a minimis scheme on the way to be finalized to stimulate incoming. We have always brought proposals and solutions to create added value and get to the achievement of tourism and connecting activities being 10% of the GDP’, said the specialist during the Forum of entrepreneurs in tourism and HoReCa.
CIJ EUROPE, the organizer of the annual CEDER conference—one of the biggest real estate conferences in Romania—brings together top leading property professionals from the industry at this year's exhibition and conference. Big companies such as Globalworth, Nusco Imobiliara, AFI Europe Romania, Vastint, North Bucharest Investments, Ceresit, Carbon Tool by Build Green, WIREN, Energy Pal, Avitech, […]
Genezio, a startup launched in 2023 to create tools to help developers automate app creation, raised a $2 million pre-seed round led by Gapminder Ventures. Genezio will use the funds to implement the go-to-market strategy and develop enterprise features, as current use cases include web, mobile, blockchain, AI, and automation apps. This is the first […]
BRD Groupe Societe Generale and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, have closed a landmark synthetic significant risk transfer (SRT) transaction that will free up capital for BRD to boost the financing of impactful sustainability-related projects in Romania. Under the transaction, IFC will provide a risk guarantee on an up to €700 million […]
A painting estimated at EUR 2 million that was stolen from an Oxford university art gallery roughly four years ago was recovered in Romania and returned to the UK judicial authorities last month, the Romanian Police announced. According to the BBC,...
Romania's national team will play in Group B at Debrecen in the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship alongside the teams from Montenegro, the Czech Republic, and Serbia, according to the draw held in Vienna. The Romanian team was part of the second pot and was the first drawn. Romania qualified undefeated for the final tournament, […]
Bucharest City Hall, through the General Directorate of Social Assistance of the City of Bucharest (DGASMB), and UNICEF Romania inaugurated on Thursday, April 18, a new integrated social services unit for vulnerable children in the capital city. The Respiro center for children with disabilities and their families, named The Magical Rainbow, will provide free services such as […]
