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The Living Fires of Lopătari – A Must See in Romania

2020-04-26 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Living Fires of Lopătari

The Living Fires of Lopătari, Buzău are among the most mysterious, and unusual, phenomena you may find in nature.

Tags: Buzău, Fires of Lopătari, Lopătari, natural phenomenon, romania, Romania tourism, Romanian sites, Romanian wonders, Wallachia

Romania’s Sinaia Mountain Resort Wins at 2019 World Ski Awards

2019-11-26 by Argophilia Travel News

Sinaia Mountain Resort

Romania’s Sinaia mountain resort has been named Romania’s Best Ski Resort 2019 at the World Ski Awards. Bansko also took home top honors.

Tags: Bansko ski resort, Europe skiing, resorts, Romania resorts, Romania tourism, Sinaia Mountain Resort, ski Romania, skiing, Skiing Romania, top ski resorts, Val Thorens, World Ski Awards

Romania and Moldova Create “Stephen the Great” Tourism Route

2019-02-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Stefan cel Mare

Romania and her neighbor the Republic of Moldova have launched a joint tourist route of historic and cultural sites. The route will cover 54 sites related to the famous Prince Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), who ruled from 1457 until 1504.

Tags: Ascony Winery, history tours, Moldova history, Moldova tourism, Prince Ștefan cel Mare, Romania tourism, Romanian history, Stephen the Great, wine tours

“Charming Beijing” Tourism Promotional Hits Bucharest

2018-12-10 by Argophilia Travel News

China's Great Wall

The “Charming Beijing” promotion event, kicked off on Monday at the Promenada Mall in northern Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The event headlined officials from both China and Romania bent on informing Romanians about China.

Tags: Bucharest, Charming Beijing, China, China attractions, China tourism, China travel, Chinae trips, romania, Romania tourism, Romania travel

Foreign Tourists Numbers for Romania Rise for Q II 2018

2018-09-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Sighisoara

Foreign tourists spent more than €660 million euros in Romania in the first half of 2018, up 16% over 2017 y on y.

Tags: National Statistics Institute (INS), romania, Romania hotels, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romania trips, tourism industry

Sports Events 365 Expects to Double Sales Following Deal with TUI

2018-08-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Sefi Donner

Sports Events 365 has signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with TUI TravelCenter, the Romanian subsidiary of TUI Group.

Tags: Romania tourism, Romania tours, Romania travel, Sports Events 365, TUI, TUI TravelCenter

Romania’s Borsa Revisits Olympic Skiing Development

2018-01-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The City Hall of Borsa has relaunched a project aimed at building an Olympic ski slope in the Carpathians of Northern Romania. In addition to building the longest ski slope in Romania, the project aims to create a world-class support infrastructure. 

Tags: Borsa, Romania skiing, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian Ministry of Tourism, Ski slopes, skiing, Sorin Timis

Romania tourism figures up over 2013

2014-11-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Flag of Romania

According to figures from the Romanian National Institute of Statistics (Institutul National de Statistica) arrivals and overnight stays increased by 6.1 % and by 5.7 %, respectively over the last year.

Tags: EU tourism, romania, Romania tourism, tourism

Constanta and Kastamonu Talk Romanian-Turkish Adventure Tourism

2014-04-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Canoing the Danube Delta - Courtesy Spiridon MANOLIU

Earlier this week a delegation from Turkey met with Constanta, Romania prefect Radu Volcinschi to discuss Constanta as a destination for “Development of Outdoor Adventure Tourism Network in Black Sea Region (DOOA).”

Tags: Adventure Tourism, Constanta, Constanta travel, Kastamonu Turkey, Romania tourism, tourism

Bulgaria’s President Reiterates Need for Better Roads

2013-04-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Trucks crossing the Danube

News from Bulgaria’s 8th Annual National Conference “Strategic Infrastructure Bulgaria 2013” tells of the government there prioritizing road infrastructure across the country but particularly along the Black Sea.

Tags: Bulgaria roads, Bulgaria travel, Bulgaria's President, Bulgarian highways, Romania roads, Romania tourism, Romania transportation, Svishtov, Zimnicea

Monaco International Clubbing Show Labels Mamaia the World’s Most Fashionable Party Destination

2012-11-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Monaco Clubbing Show

Mamaia, the Romanian destination on the Black Sea Coast has been granted with the title of “The World’s Most Fashionable Resort” at this year’s edition of Monaco International Clubbing Show.

Tags: Beach destinations, clubbing destinations, Mamaia, MICS, Monaco International Clubbing Show, party destinations, Romania clubbing, Romania tourism, Romania travel

Romania Steps Up Efforts To Enhance Local Culture

2012-10-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

As part of its efforts to enhance awareness and the prestige of Romanian culture, The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) has been awfully busy lately, preparing a number of new initiatives aimed at boosting cooperation with both local and foreign organizations.

Tags: romania, romania culture, romania language, Romania tourism, Romanian Cultural Institute

Bucharest Hosts “Medical Tourism – Challenges and Opportunities”

2012-09-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Danubius Health Spa Resort Sovata

Medical Tourism – Challenges and Opportunities, and International conference on tourism takes place this week in Bucharest. The conference, attended primarily by medical tourism specialists, aims at discussing cross border medical tourism, among other key issues.

Tags: Eduard Hellvig, medical tourism, Romania spas, Romania tourism, spa tourism, Taleb Rifaimedical

New Airport in Bucharest

2012-04-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

According to Mediafax, the main news agency in Romania, one of the largest low-cost flight companies, Blue Air has recently announced its intention in building a new airport in Bucharest.

Tags: Romania airport, Romania tourism

Sibiu – Where Romania’s Past Meets the Present

2012-03-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Romania’s European Capital of Culture in 2007, Sibiu is not only an important cultural center of Romania, but one of the most beautiful cities in the country.

Tags: Capital of Culture, Carpathian mountains, Europe towns, famous places, Romania places, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian destinations, Romanian history, Sibiu, Transylvania

Piatra Neamt and the Potential of Romanian Travel

2011-05-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Awesome Cozla Mountain abover Peatra Neamt

The region of Piatra Neamt, with its beautiful surroundings – nature parks, medieval fortresses, traditional villages, monasteries and year round festivals – is a travel operator’s dream. It’s a place that is bursting with tourism potential, and yet, it just hasn’t happened. The problems lie not just with the local authorities, but with local tour […]

Tags: Bogdan Puscasu, Cozla Mountain, Mihaela Stoica, Neamt Fortress, Piatra neamt, Piatra Neamt travel, romania, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Stefan Lungu

Sun Plaza – Romania’s Guinness Book Poster Child

2011-02-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sun Plaza in the Spring season

Located in Bucharest, Romania, the Sun Plaza shopping center is an indoor shopping complex that landed a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in November of 2010, when it displayed an indoor Christmas lights decoration featuring 449,658 light bulbs.

Tags: Baumax, Bucharest attractions, Bucharest Christmas, Bucharest travel, Flanco, Guinness Book, Mobexpert, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian records, Sun Plaza Mall

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