FIJET Romania has organised a press trip in Baile Herculane resort and Gorj County, in South West of Romania, inviting FIJET members especially from neighbor countries. Over 20 FIJET members from Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spania and Romania visited Baile Herculane resort, city of Orsova and Cazanele Dunarii/Danube’s Cauldrons. During a seminar „Baile Herculane, more than water” Plamen Starev (FIJET Bulgaria) presented tourist attractions and Roman heritage of city of Plovdiv, awarded last year with Golden Apple. At the same seminar, Stefan Baciu presented by comparison how it was promoted Roman heritage in Baile Herculane (Romania), Alba Iulia (Romania), Pecs (Hungary) and Sremska Mitrovica (Serbia). All this destinations are visited by FIJET journalists during last years.
In the second part of press trip FIJET delegation (composed of 15 members) visited... more
“In the last week of April the Turkish hotels give significant discounts for accommodation during May holidays. The volume of transportation is enough and those, who still wish to buy a tour, may do it for very cheap price”, - market participants say.
The information, that from the third week of April the Turkish hotels widely give special offers for May holidays, was confirmed at once by several sources on the market. Some experts connect this with the desire of Turkish hoteliers to mitigate the negative effect of falling sales after the appearance of information about a possible ban of charter flights.
The tour operators, interviewed by "ATOR News", agreed with the fact, that good sales of Turkey for May holidays are stimulated by additional special offers from the hoteliers of this country.
"At this moment we receive additional special offers from Turkish hotels for... more
Simeon II received from the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) the certificate accrediting him as an ambassador of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, which is being observed globally throughout 2017. The figure of Ambassadors of the International Year was presented last January at the launching of the Year that took place in the context of FITUR in Madrid.
Speaking at the ceremony held at the UNWTO headquarters in Madrid, UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai emphasized: “When designating 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, the United Nations recognized tourism’s contribution to the development agenda, to peace, equality and prosperity. I am very touched to see that King Simeon II shares this same vision on the power of tourism and I truly thank him for his commitment to spread this... more
