The interview of the week with Alina Oana, the president of tourism club “Pas intins”

1.infotravelromania.ro: What is “Pas intins”?
A.O.: “Pas intins” is a tourism club opened in December 1997 by a group pf students and teachers from the Academy of economical studies in Bucharest. The scope of this club it was to built a medium for the students from Tourism Services in A.S.E. to practice what they were learning and to enrich their knowledge in this domain and a minimum experience in tourism.
Also, we try to animate the student life, by organizing a lot of trips, especially on the mountain.

2.infotravelromania.ro: Which are the main directions of the club this year?
A.O.: Our objectives this year are to increase and enlarge the trips we organize and to help our members to start a career in tourism after their graduation. This way we will have a series of projects/activities to promote our club as the best tourism club from A.S.E. BUCHAREST.

3.infotravelromania.ro: How many tourism clubs there are now and where can we find an updated list of them?
A.O.: It’s hard to answer to this question because I don’t know the exact number of those clubs, not even an approximate number. I think you can find a list of the clubs to ANCTT (The National Association of Tourism Clubs ) , but not all the tourism clubs are affiliate to this association. Also you need to make the difference between a tourism club and a mountain tourism club (this kind of clubs are organizing mountain trips, training the guides and organizing of different events and projects related to mountain tourism).

4.infotravelromania.ro: Do you think that today young people are going to the mountain or on the mountain?
A.O.: It depends. Young people are very different meaning their personality, mentalities or preferences about trips. I think that the number of people who are going on the mountain is increasing but also small. Any way, the interest in mountain trips is big between young people, and o lot of them are coming with us in the mountain trips (those trips are organized especially on the mountain, as I said before). The mountain clubs from Bucharest have o lot of members. About the other clubs from Romania I don’t know very much.

5.infotravelromania.ro: What is different about your club?
A.O.: All the clubs are organizing trips and tourism projects, but our club is different, because we have a different kind of people working here. We are a big family and we know each other very well and that’s why we have a big success.

6.infotravelromania.ro: Where can young people find out more information about your club?
A.O.: A lot of information are available on www.pasintins.go.ro and also to our bureau on Mihail Moxa Club, room 3111.