Latest News in Romanian Tourism

The World Military Ski Championship
Between the 20th and the 17th February 2005, the 47th “World Military Ski Championship” will take place in Predeal.
Events: Giant Slalom, Cross Country Skiing (10 km girls and 15 km boys), Biathlon Relay Race (7.5 km girls, 10 km boys), Patrol (15 km girls, 25 km boys)
Details: Predeal Tourism Information and Promotion Centre – no.1 Intrarea Garii street, Tel/Fax: 0268 – 455,330, e-mail: contact@predeal.ro
- the 10th December 2004.

Awards in Tourism / Romanian Tourism Workshop – Review 2004, the 17th November 2004

1. The award for the most creative travel agency in promoting touristic offers
CMB TRAVEL – CRISTIAN MIHAI BALCESCU
2. The award for the most important event organised by an agency
OLIMPIC INTERNATIONAL – SORIN GEORGE NICOLESCU
3. The award for the quality of hotel services
EUROPA HOTEL – EFORIE NORD - GEORGE COPOS
4. The award for the developing and modernization of touristic products
- Seaside – RADU MAZARE – The Mayor of the Municipality of Constanta
- Mountains – MIHAI VESTEA – The Mayor of Predeal town
5. The award for the quality of services in agrotouristic boarding houses
Boarding house CRISTIAN – Dolj district, Perisoru commune – MARIAN NICOLA – the 17th November 2004.

The Tourist Information Centre in Brasov has opened - 12th November 2004.
The Municipality of Brasov’s Mayoralty and the District Council of Brasov have established in partnership the first Tourist Information Centre in Brasov.
The Centre is situated in Casa Sfatului (the Council House), which ensures quick access to tourism information for visitors of Brasov.
The Tourism Information Centre will function at the beginning after the timetable of the History Museum, eventually its timetable to be extended.
The Tourist Information Centre will be coordinated by the Office of Tourism Promotion department of the Mayoralty of Brasov. The Centre will permanently have 2 employees (one of the Mayoralty and one of the District Council) who know at least one internationally spoken language. The employees have graduated university studies in the field of Tourism and will provide the full array of information needed by a tourist: touristic targets, leisure facilities, public transport, etc. The Mayoralty of Brasov will open in the near future 2 centres in the Municipality of Brasov: at the Brasov Train Station and in Poiana Brasov.

Andreea Malureanu
Project Coordinator – Head of the Tourism Promotion Office.
- 15th November 2004

Romanian Tourism Workshop – Review 2004, 17th November 2004
THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR TOURISM invites you to participate at the Romanian Tourism Workshop – Review 2004, organised in Bucharest – Intercontinental Hotel, Florentina Hall, Wednesday, the 17th November, 10,00 a.m., followed by a cocktail.
At the workshop will participate, beside Mr. Miron Mitrea, the Minister of Transport, Construction and Tourism and Mr. Nicu Radulescu, the President of National Authority for Tourism, representatives of institutions and companies with activity in the field of tourism, of professional and employers’ tourism associations, as well as journalists from the written press, radio and television.
During the event the achievements of domestic tourism will be emphasized, as well as the courses to be followed in order to revaluate the touristic potentialities of our country at the highest standards. On this occasion, awards will be granted by the Ministery of Transport, Construction and Tourism and the National Authority for Tourism to the institutions or people that have decisively contributed to the development of the Romanian Tourism.
Further information can be obtained at phone no. 021.212.69.73 or e-mail: a.feldman@mturism.ro, contact person: Alina Feldman, Elena Negut.
Believing that this event will rise your interest, please confirm your participation at the phone no.: 021.320.91.27/28, or at e-mail: events”diascompany.com, contact person: Olivia Catana, until the date of 16th November 2004.

Event Manager
Andreea Guci
0722 69 51 51
office@diascompany.com
Dias Service Company – 12th November 2004-12-28

A new schi track
A new touristic attraction on Christmas, in Bran resort. At the beginning of the winter season, the authorities of the town will inaugurate the first ski track in the area. The track is not very big, but the local people believe that a large number of tourists will come to Bran to ski this year.
Zanoaga track is located at about 4 km from Valea Portii in Bran commune. It is 1000 metres long and has a level difference of about 150 metres, which makes it accessible to ski fans of all ages. Together with the inclusion of Bran commune in the programme Superski in the Carpathians, the local authorities have started the building of the track.
The track is equipped with a ski lift of 650 metres length; in the future a chair lift will be built. During this winter, the organisers will bring three snow making canons and at the base of the track a first aid centre and a schi school will be located. – 12th November 2004.

Transfagarasanul closed until the 30th July 2005.
Beginning with the 1st November 2004, The National Company of Highways and National Roads closed the national road DN7C from the public traffic until the 30th June 2005, from Piscul Negru to Bâlea Lac – 12th November 2004.

Romania sells fog at the World Travel Market
Romania had a stand at the World Travel Market, the most important event in the field throughout the world, held in the period 8–10th November in London. According to an official statement to the press, the Romanian delegation was formed by officials of the National Authority for Tourism and of TAROM, beside which were present representatives of 16 travel agencies and hotels. “The stand of Romania had a surface of 91 square metres and altogether new promotional solutions were proposed for visitors. Among the offers presented by the stand of Romania the following standed out: stays in the area where the film <<Cold Mountain>> was shot; trips by old fashioned trains; visits at medieval fortified towns, monasteries, or traditional holidays during which pottery lessons can be pursued or a sheephold can be visited”, the official statement contains. “The British tour – operators are very interested in Transilvania, monasteries, Maramures, the Danube Delta and the rural tourism. Trips in Romania have gained market in Britain especially for the category of tourists with above average income and a high level of knowledge”, declared Carmen Moraru, General Manager of the General Department of Touristic Promotion under the National Authority for Tourism.
– 11th November 2004.

The signing of the Agreement of visa removal between Romania and Brazil
Date: 16.10.2004
On the basis of the conclusions reached by discussions between the Prime Minister of Romania, Mr. Adrian Nastase and the Vice – President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mr. Jose Alencar Gomez da Silva, The Agreement of Visa Removal between Romania and Brazil was signed today, at the headquarters of the Ministery of Foreign Affairs.
The Agreement was signed by Mr. George Ciamba, Secretary of State in the Romanian Ministery of Foreign Affairs, and by Mr. Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes, General Secretary and Vice – Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Brazilian Ministery of Foreign Affairs. Since the date of coming into force of the Agreement, the Romanian citizens will be allowed to travel to Bazil without needing a visa, for periods that do not extend more than 180 days within a year, and citizens of Brazil will be allowed to travel to Romania for periods that do not extend 90 days in an interval of 6 months.
Source: www.mae.ro - 05 November 2004

The first shop SALOMON is opening
Beginning with the date 8th November, the first shop SALOMON will open in Romania! The address is Bucharest, 10 Blanari street. Timetable: Mon – Fri: 10 - 20, Sat: 10 – 16. Visit it and you will find sporting and mounaineering goods of an exceptional quality! You will be able to see them also on the site:
www.salomonsports.com - 04th November 2004.

Ecological tourism in Bucegi Natural Park
On 18th November 2004, the Administration of Bucegi Natural Park organizes a meeting on the topic “The Ecological Tourism in Bucegi Natural Park”. The event will begin at 10.00 at the headquarters of Bucegi Natural Park in Moroieni commune, Dambovita district, and its goals are: the presentation of the park as well as the touristic programmes offered by the Admnistration of the Park. Several travel agencies throughout the country are invited to participate to this event. The source: The News Department Sinaia Mountain Radio Mix– 4th November 2004.

A new hotel will be open in Bucharest.
The Spanish Group NH Hotels will enter the Romanian market next year, together with the opening of the first hotel in Bucharest, as part of its strategy of extension in Eastern Europe. NH Bucharest will be inaugurated in the spring of the year 2005 and will be located in the centre of Bucharest, near the Parliament Palace. The hotel will have 78 rooms, 2 conference rooms with 40 places, a fitness centre and a restaurant for 50 people. The Group NH Hotels is the third European hotel chain for the business sector, with 240 units in Europe, Latin America and Africa – 31th October 2004.

The Tourism Room “Leisure and Holiday” Sinaia 5 – 7 November
The Tourism Fair will be organised this year in a form of a tourism room. This event which is held the second time, will take 3 days, in the period 5 – 7 November this year, at Palace Hotel in Sinaia. The official opening will be on Friday, the 5th November, 10.00 a.m. This year tourism operators have anounced their participation, both agencies and hotels, that will make their offers for the New Year’s Eve 2005. For the first time, museums from Prahova district have anounced their participation, among which: The Natural Science Museum, the History and Archeological Museum, the Arts Museum. On this occasion, the museums will present at the Fair the cultural offer of the district.
The event is organised by Prahova Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Beginning with next year, the Tourism Room “Leisure and Holiday” will change its denomination in “Culture and Holiday”. Source: The News Department Sinaia Mountain Radio Mix – 31st October 2004.

UMAY TOURS/ Turkey - www.umay.net Mr. Demir Unsal - Director :
" I have been in the romanian market for nearly eleven years when the market was very naive when there was no competition and the privat enterprise of romanian travel companies was just growing but now my observation for the last two-three years regarding the romanian market- there is a big competition now and there are one or two big monopolly for every single destination like Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain and the small companies are dissapearing and, for instance, when I first sought to working with companies from Romania....all over the country I have more than forty forty-five....but now, almost all of them disapeared and all small companies are selling the products of big monopoliests, big tour-operators, in exchange for a limited comision but they lost their identity, they don't have any identity anymore, because the product they are selling is somebody's else's product, they don't have their products anymore and, I also noticed that, the romanian people who knows who can afford to travel and have been to Turkey for several times, so now they are looking for alternative destination like Spain, Italy and so one, and they are now these days, I think,less interest in Turkey - as a holliday destination, where I come from, is completely a different destination, not for each holliday only, but because of its rich culture, its arheological values, the life-style of turkish people, food , and rich variety of the products that it provides for the tourists at a very reasonable price, so we are hoping to get our traditional romanian tourists back to Turkey in larger numbers, we still have some, but it is not enough number of romanian tourist we are having nows days" - 23.october 2004, 13.20 ITF/ Romexpo - Bucharest/ Romania

We are honored to invite you to participate in The National Tourism Fair, 11th edition, event held between April 1-4, 2004 in Romexpo Exhibition Centre.

The National Tourism Fair has gained its recognition during its five years of existence and became the revolving plate of tourism business. With a constant growing trend, TNT has concentrated in spring 2003 on an area of 8.500 sqm, 241 exhibitors from 12 countries, offering the certainty of meeting real opportunities for closing profitable business.

The National Tourism Fair represents an event with significant impact for the major part involved in tourism activities. Survey among exhibitors confirm the fulfill of their expectation: 81% had new business contact, 75% obtained new market information, 78% launched new tourism services and 90% intended to participate in the next to come edition.
For moore details click http://www.tntexpo.ro/index.asp - 17 of March 2004

ANTREC releases "Vacancies to country"
ANTREC - The National Association for Rural,Ecological and Cultural Tourism in Romania will be editing its own review. This is called "Vacancies to country", monthly appearance and has as main aim the promotion of rural tourism. It is the second tourism association which is editing its own review, after "ANAT Media" - ANAT review (The National Association of Travel Agencies) - 11 of March 2004

A new tourism office of Romania
On 17 of february 2004 it was open a tourism office in China. This has headquarters at Romanian Embassy from Beijing.The firms that they will be wishing to bring Chinese tourists must constitute a deposit of 2000 dollars for each person.In april it will be taking place an infotrip composed from tour-operators and chinese journalists - 11 of March 2004.

Nova Tourism Touring
Beginning with 04 of february 2004, the firms Nova Tourism and Eurolines have merged for creating the most important Tour Operator from Romania.Touristic products have "Nova Turism-Touring" mark and can be requested in all "Nova Tourism" and "Eurolines" agencies from country - 11 of March 2004.

Medieval Art Festival Sighisoara 25 - 27 july 2003
This year the Medieval Art Festival Sighisoara will take place between 25- 27 july 2003.
Changes:for the firs time in the history of the festival rock bands and the modern music will be missing.
The only music who can be heard is the medieval and folk music.
18 spectacles of theatre by the tells of Boccaccio -"Decameron".
There also can be seen:dance lessons, activities of creation.
The access on the city will be controled at the six gates by guards - 26 May 2003.

47 travel agencies - Romania/12 agencies from Japan
Ministery of Tourisme organized in 23 May 2003, at 18.30, at Lido Hotel in Bucharest a meeting between 12 japanese touroperators and the travel agencies from Romania.At this event 47 agencies from Romania placed on the list( about 35 participated).
The Japanese had appreciated the beauty of romanian country, the traditional food and the kindness of romanian people.Most of them requested that the japanese touristes beneficiete of a japanese language guide
- 24 May 2003

“Dear colleagues,

As we promised, we are coming back with last hour information regarding the Stock Exchange of Seacoast Tourism 2003. This will still take place in Mamaia, but at the Flora Complex. After these modifications, the period was delayed with one day as it follows:

18.03 the arrival of the participants and a welcoming cocktail party;
19.03 the official opening of the Stock Exchange in the presence of the Minister of Tourism and the visiting of the Public Alimentation and Hotel Equipments Saloon (Park Mamaia Complex);
20.03 the works of the Stock Exchange;
21.03 the departure of the participants.

Directory Committee FPTR – March the 5th 2003

THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF SEACOST TOURISM 2003

This special event, that you, the tourism interested business people, have been looking forward to, will take place in Mamaia at the Perla Complex ibetween the 17th and the 20th of March 2003.

In the same period and at the same location, will take place this year the first edition of the Rural, Ecological and Cultural Tourism Stock Exchange organized by ANTREC with the support of FPTR. It will be also opened for you between the 18th and the 21rst of March the Show room for hotel equipment and public nourishment equipment in the Park Complex in Mamaia, organized by the Commerce Chamber of Industry and Navigation and Agriculture from Constanta.

With consideration,

Executive Office FPTR, February 18th 2003

Lake Snagov – the new demurrage for “DRACULA PARK”

The Ministry of Tourism has announced that Sighisoara will not be the demurrage for “DRACULA PARK”. It seems that the new location will be near Bucharest, somewhere near Lake Snagov on a plot of land belonging to the Independent Administration of the State Protocol – 9 February 2003

The AJTR prizes (the Association of Tourism Journalists from Romania) for 2002 :

- The special prize “Faithful Chronicler”, for the promptness of touristic informations: The "Romania Actualitati"radio channel; The "Europa FM" radio channel; The "B1 TV" TV channel ; The “Curentul” newspaper.

- The special prize “Anda Raicu” granted to the young journalists with promising performances in the profession: Anne-Mary Nechita – “Ziua Turistica”, Dorin Cireasa – "Rompres".

- The special prize “Touristic treasure”, for an original idea in the promotion of tourism: Ioan C. Rogojeanu – “Curierul Romanesc”, for the initiative of building the “Hospitality Museum” .

- The special prize “Danube’s star”, for originality in the presentation of the program Cruises on the Danube and the presentation of Danube’s Delta: The "Realitatea TV" TV channel ; the “Vacante & Calatorii” magazine , Florin Andreescu, photographer artist, for the album "Danube’s Delta".

- The special prize “Solidarity”, for the spreading to the mass-media of the social programs initiated by the Ministry of Tourism, the "Rompres" Press Agency and the Cronica Romana, Cotidianul, Jurnalul National newspapers.

- The special prize “Seacoast 2002”, for the contribution brought in presenting the summer holidays; The "Prima TV" TV channel; the summer supplement “Litoral” of the newspaper "Cuget Liber" from Constanta and the Libertatea newspaper .

- The special prize “Spotlight”, for the mode of informing and the analysis on the privatization progress: The "PRO TV" TV channel ; the "Adevarul", "Ziarul Financiar" newspapers; the "Mediafax" press agency .

- The special prize “The Golden Pen”, for the professionalism in the general tackling of the tourism: Magdalena Zavoianu – editor of "Romania Actualitati" radio channel; Mihai Ogrinji – manager of the magazine “Romania Pitoreasca”;

Marian Constantinescu – chief editor of the weekly “Ziua Turistica”.

- The special prize “Press’s dean”, for the contribution brought to the promotion of tourism: Valentin Paunescu, manager of the “Curierul National”daily newspaper.

- The prize for Excellency of the year 2002: Constantin Priescu, deputy chief editor of the “Romania Pitoreasca” magazine, for the whole career, marked by 45 years of newspaperman activity and the reaching of 65 years of age.

Touristic information panels

The Ministry of Tourism has “launched” the “INFO TURISM” program by placing more touristic information panels in Bucharest. In addition to the map of Bucharest, the panel also contains: the subway's map, a few hotels, restaurants and touristic objectives. The establishment of centers for touristic information will follow.

Our question would be: when an information center will be established in Bucharest ?.. the only European capital without a center for touristic information – 11 January 2002

Demolishment on the Romanian seacoast

Beginning with the end of February will come into force the Emergency Injunction no.202/2002 regarding the integrated administration of the coast area: ”the placement of any construction on plots of land covered with dunes, swampy places, caves, cliffs, forests with special protection functions, the placement of other natural habitats close to cultural monuments or there where they affect the environment security is prohibited.”
Under these conditions, the government gave a great penalty to those who have constructed or were preparing to construct something in the protected coast areas – 10 January 2003

UNITA – it’s the biggest hotels network in Romania

In 2002 the Austrian Joseph Goschy has bought almost 30 hotels situated all over the country.
- On the seacoast: Hotel Amiral and Hotel Comandor 2** - Mamaia; Onix 2** and Safir 2** from Cap Aurora.
- Cluj: Hotel Transilvania 3*, Villa CASA ALBA 4*, Hotel Sport 2**, Hotel Vladeasa 2*; Station Fantanele - Belis 2**, Motel Faget 2** a few kilometers from Cluj
- Danube: Hotel Dierna 2**- Orsova, Hotel Traian 2**- Braila, Hotel Egreta 2**- Tulcea, Hotel Train - Drobeta - Turnu Severin
- Lacul Sarat from Braila county: Hotel Lacu Sarat 2** and Hotel Flora 2**
- Iasi: Hotel Moldova 3*
- Suceava: Hotel Complex Suceava 2**
- Targu Mures: Hotel Transilvania 2**, Complex Camping 2*
- Alba-Iulia: Hotel Transilvania 2**
- Aiud: Hotel Muresul 1*
- Deva: Hotel Sarmis 2**, Hotel Deva 2**
- Retezat: Pietrele Chalet

Central Headquarters: St. Ofcea no. 9, 1900, Timisoara , phone number: 0256-190.308, fax:0256-203.650, e-mail:unita@unita.ro

Slovakia Tour 2003
ITF SLOVAKIATOUR - 9th International Travel Fair

Slovakia Tour 2003 – is the most important international exhibitionary manifestation in the tourism domain, addressed also to the public as well as to tourism specialists – from Slovakia Republic, from Bratislava, which will take place in the period 16 - 19 January 2003, having as orientation incoming, outgoing. Supplementary information:www.incheba.sk – 7 January 2003

Silence after 1 o’clock at night

Starting with 1 o’oclock at night the owners or superintendents of touristic reception structures with public nutrition functions are obliged to suspend after 1 o’clock at night the artistic programs, musical auditions , video and TV organized in the open. This new rule was comprised in a decision for the transformation and copletion HG no.1328/2001regarding the classification of touristic receiving structures.

Not complying with this rule will be sanctioned with the fine of 300 to 500 millions lei – 9 December 2002

Snow canons in Predeal

On December the 7th 2002 were inaugurated snow canons at Predeal, event organized by the Ministry of Tourism and the Local Council from Predeal – 8 December 2002

Tarom has reduced the commission of tourism from 9% to 7%

The incomes of the tourism agents will diminish after the decision taken by the Company Tarom to lower the commission granted from 9% to 7%.22 November 2002. The decision is applied beginning with 1rst of December 2002 to 7th of December 2002.

The fourth edition of "Romania's hotel guide" was released.

"Romania's hotel guide - 2003" - the fourth edition was released, according to which in Romania are 686 hotels: 7 of 5 stars, 31 of 4 stars, 136 of 3 stars etc. Every hotel has maximum tariffs for the season and extra-season in euro (that will be posted at the reception).

Through the Romanian Government Resolution no.805\201 regarding some ways of informing about maximum tariffs four touristic accommodation for the unorganized tourism has been established the annual publishing of a hotel guide with all Romanian hotels, which contains, besides the necessary information for the identification of every authorized hotel, the facilities it has and the maximum tariffs displayed by these. It's made in three versions: English, French and German - 6 December 2002

The "MARSHAL TURISM" tourism agency will build a hotel.

The t "Marshal Turism" ourism agency will build a hotel in Piata Victoriei - Bucharest. It will be of five stars, it will have 100 rooms and the building will begin in 2003 - 5th of December 2003

The Federation of the Headquarters of the Romanian Tourism .

As outcome of the provisions of the new law of headquarters , the Headquarters' Federation has reorganized itself as the Federation of Headquarters of the Romanian Tourism. In October, has taken place at Brasov the first National Conference of the new F.P.T.R., where it was established, among others, the affiliation to F.P.T.R. of all professional associations in the Romanian tourism, keeping the statute, personality and freedom of action of everyone. This strategy has the purpose of the globalization of the interests of the hospitality industry in relation with the Government, Parliament, syndicates, headquarters, etc.

RCB is affiliated at present time to the new Federation of Headquarters of the Romanian Tourism, having a position of vice-president in the organization's management.
The source: R.C.B (Romanian Convention Bureau) - 21rst of November 2002.

The Promotion and Romania's Touristic Information Bureau in Budapest

Beginning with 1 December 2002, the Ministry of Tourism will inaugurate the Promotion and Romania's Touristic Information Bureau from Budapest.

With a view to this event, as well as from the request of a very good presentation and cognition of Romania in the main and of the national tourism offer (touristic programs, facility regarding transportation, accommodation structures etc.), the professionals in the tourism are invited to transmit their promotional materials, in Hungarian, English and German, at the premises of the Budapest Bureau. The prospects in Hungarian have to contain a Romanian translation attached.

The contact person:
Octavian Arsene, Counselor of the Touristic & Marketing Promotion Direction - the Ministry of Tourism
Address: Budapest, sector 5, Street Hercegprimas, no. 9, Hungary (Budapest, V ker., HERCEGPRIMAS utca 9 sz, MAGYARORSZAG).E-mail: oarsene@yahoo.com; Phone number: 0723-567817.
Source: R.C.B (Romanian Convention Bureau) - 21 November 2002

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Obligatory, prices in lei or euro at hotels

This week, the Ministry of Tourism has decided that Romanian hotels will be obliged to express the displayed prices of their services in lei or euro. The spokesmen of the Ministry of Tourism will undertake controls by test to pursue the respecting of this measure by the hotel companies from all over the country.

Source: R.C.B (Romanian Convention Bureau) - 21 November 2002

18 November 2002 - ANTREC will realize the first Rural Tourism Fair in March next year.

14 November 2002 - TUI the biggest German touroperator has assumed the French company "Nouvelles Frontiers"

"Nouvelles Frontiers" - is the biggest French touroperator with 1,8 million clients in 2001.

11th of October 2002 - was initiated the social program "One week of restoration"

Period of the program: 15 November - 15 December and 15 January - 15 March with 6 nights of accommodation, breakfast and treatment. Its price will be of only 940,000 lei. In this program have signed in until now 19 associations with 5,860 places/series in the touristic localities:Eforie Nord, Buzias, Herculane, Covasna, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Tusnad, Govora, Mangalia, Moneasa, Geoagiu-Bai, Predeal, Slanic- Prahova, Felix, Voineasa, VatraDornei, Saturn, Slanic-Moldova, Amara, Soveja, Sangeorz-Bai. Between the 5thand the 25th of October 2002 - within the ITF Fair - was released "The Touristic Guide of Romania" published by PUBLIROM, the sixth edition. Distribution: 50,000 copies, bilingual version: Romanian-English.

Between the 24th and the 27th of October will take place the eighth edition of the "ROMANIAN INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR" - ITF having as motto: "Thousands of holydays - only one place of departure. Touristic promotion fair... and the tenth edition of "ROMHOTEL" having as motto:" A five star exhibition". Furniture equipment specific to hotels and restaurants, complex kitchens, thermal and cooling equipments, preserving through cooling equipments, electronic equipments and audio - video.

Demurrage:ROMEXPO Bucharest. Organizers: the Ministry of Tourism, ROMEXPO S.A., ANAT, FIHR, ANTREC, FPT and OPTBR.

Informations at the phone number: +4012 - 224.14.27; 224.31.60
Fax: +4012 - 224.04.00 website: www.tntexpo.ro
E-mail: ovidiu.rada@romexpo.org ; cristina.rentea@romexpo.org

25th of September 2002 - Between 20th and 22nd September, in Praid locality in Harghita county, took place the eighth edition of the International Meat balls in cabbage Festival., event organized by ANTREC - Harghita branch. The manifestation is organized one year in Romania and one year in Hungary.

25th of September 2002 - the Ministry of Tourism will open two new touristic promotion offices until the end of this year. One will be in Budapest and one in Warsaw.

14 September 2002 - beginning with 5 August 2002, you may do on-line reservations in over 500 hotels from all the world with the payment of services in lei. Details at: www.dntcj.ro/yhr

14 September 2002 - between the 29th of September - 1rst of October will be organized for the first time in Romania:The Danube Tourism Scholarship - Die Donau, by the Ministry of Tourism - in partnership with the Touristic Promotion Association "Die Donau"

Partners:"Karpaten Turism" and "Prestige Tours". Demurrage: Parliament Palace - Bucharest. It's the eleventh edition of "Danube Scholarship". Its a business fair with closed circuit. Will have stall the mayors, European companies and all the riverside counties of the river. The Danube Tourism Scholarship - Die Donau is organized once every two years , by rotation in the member countries. The next manifestation: 2003 / Austria - Vienna and 2004 in Belgrade.

September the 2nd, 2002 - The National Tourism Stock Exchange (BNT 2002) organized by the Federation of the Tourism Headquarters together with the Chief Organization of the Watering Tourism from Romania will take place between the 2nd and the 5th of October 2002 in Poiana-Brasov with the support of the Investors Association from Poiana Brasov.

This scholarship is the only manifestation with national character in this domain organized for specialists and its purpose is the analysis of the 2002 season, the contracting of the rooms and negotiation of tariffs for New Year's Eve 2003, the contracting pf the rooms and negotiation of tariffs for 2003. Will participate the service providers (hotels, restaurants, conveyors), tourism agencies and tour - operators interested to conclude contracts for 2002-2003.

Within this manifestation, the tour-operators will present their offer of programs for reservations to the selling agencies.

August the 19th, 2002 - the Ministry of Tourism releases the social program "The Seacoast for Everyone" - the third edition. This program willbe developed between the 1rst and the 30th of September 2002, offering 20,440 rooms, the price of a sojourn of seven days being 449,000 lei in two star hotels and 559,000 lei at three star hotels.

August the 1rst, 2002 - The Federation of the Tourism Headquarters - F.T.P., has a new web page: www.turismpatronat.go.ro

July the 31rst, 2002 - Between the 10th and the 11th of August, between the resorts Venus and Saturn will take place "The Rally of Mangalia" for the first time in our country (motor rally of the category "Grand Turism"). To this race will participate 20 cars among which Lamborghini, Ferrari...; the race has a duration of 2 hours and 60 laps on a distance of 6,5 kilometers.

July the 20th, 2002 - The hotel tax will be decided by the Local Councils (between 0.5% and 5%), and it will be applied to the accomodation tariffs of the hotels.

July the 15th, 2002 - A.N.T.R.E.C. - The National Association of Ecological Rural and Cultural Tourism has released the fourth edition of " The National Catalogue of Touristic and Agrotouristic Pensions".

July the 10th, 2002 - Through an order of the Minister of Tourism, Dan Matei Agathon, have been eliminated the taxes payed for the patenting, dismissing and classifying of physical and juridical persons from the tourism sector.

July the 10th, 2002 - The Sighisoara Festival - the 10th edition: betwen the 12th and the 14th of July, 2002.

June the 4th, 2002 - The Ministry of Tourism has released the program: "Cruise on the Danube".. The official release of the program will take place within "The Danube Tourism Stock Exchange" the will take place in Bucharest on the 29th of September - at the Parliament Palace.