Carmen Marinescu

Most of the Romanians choose to travel in weekend to national destinations, mainly to visit as many places as possible and due to the lack of time, and not only because of financial reasons, a tourism consultant Traian Badulescu told AGERPRES.

Arrivals in tourist accommodation units increased by 5.4pct to 4.056 million in the first five months of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 and overnight stays totaled 7.660 million, rising by 3.7pct, informs the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Tuesday.

For the Russian tourist market we have to propose that the vacation in Romania be an experience, taking into account that Bulgaria has a higher promotion advantage, President of the Federation of Romania's Tourism Promotion Associations (FAPT) Corina Martin stated.

Monthly inflation in Romania advanced to 5.2 percent in March 2018, from 5 percent the month before, on a 7.2-percent increase in prices for non-food goods, a 4-percent increase in food prices and a 2.83-percent increase in services fees.

A higher annual inflation rate was recorded in June 2013, when consumer prices rose by 5.37 percent.

The Romanian seaside and the Danube Delta will once again return in the focus of Russian tour operators after a 27-year absence from the market, President of the Federation of Romania's Tourism Promotion Associations (FAPT) Corina Martin told AGERPRES.

Over 40,000 tourists are expected during the 1 May mini-holiday at the Romanian seaside, most choosing such resorts as Mamaia, Vama Veche and Mamaia-North Navodari, a press release of the Federation of Romania's Tourism Promotion Associations (FAPT) sent to AGERPRES informs.

Two Romanian entrepreneurs Dragos Catalinoiu Gociman and Gabriel Iliescu will launch, on the occasion of Romania's Tourism Fair (TTR), the first presentation, booking and sale platform of a tourist destination of Romania, called ViziteazaDelta.ro, following some investments worth approximately 130,000 euro.

If I were the Tourism Minister, I would convince the Education Minister to introduce the obligation to organise trips with domestic destinations for pupils, so they can firstly know their country, history and geography and then countries such as Spain, Italy or France, President of the Federation of Romania's Tourism Promotion Associations (FAPT) Corina Martin stated.

AGERPRES correspondent Carmen Marinescu reports: Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova estimates that a memorandum initialled with the Romanian Government might increase the number of Asian tourists, especially Chinese, to this part of the world.