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Tourism : Happy Tour: Romanian tourism is on the rise
According to Javier Garcia del Valle, the CEO of Happy Tour travel group, the Romanian tourism may experience significant boost as a result of 2017 momentum, travelwires.com reads.
The Romanian tourism faces a favorable context this year due to the security concerns in other parts of Europe, as more and more foreign tourists choose the south-eastern country for spending their leisure time. At the same time, the increase in the minimum wage currently allows Romanian citizens to travel more in their own country.
“What I am seeing is groups coming from abroad. This is the segment that we have to target. Individuals will keep coming but their budgets will probably be lower. We’re seeing an increase in traffic from Germany and other countries,” commented Javier del Valle.
Meanwhile, concerns raise that the high market demand will trigger a significant increase in accommodation prices, especially for foreign travelers, who have started to visit Romania intensively, because the nation has very good flight connections with other European countries.
Nevertheless, infrastructure in Romania still needs to be reinforced in order to attract more visitors. The roads here are yet to be upgraded by the local authorities.
“If I want to put together a tour around Romania I cannot do it based on the distances. I have to build it based on the roads. This is a problem because Romania is a country to visit in ten days with proper roads. […] The infrastructure is developing too, little by little – probably not at the speed that we all want, but it is happening. More and more we’re seeing new hotels and better service, although there is still a need for better training in service delivery,” the CEO of Happy Tour added.
Currently, Romania places second in the agency’s largest market requests, as France is in the top of the travelers’ preferences as the favorite destination. Yet, according to the CEO’s opinion, the tourism in the country might increase even by 40 per cent during this year, thanks to the momentum that brings out considerable opportunities for Happy Tours, which is also expected to increase its revenues by 11 per cent until the end of 2017.