Romania to spend 8 million euros from EU funds for tourism promotion

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s National Authority for Tourism (NAT) will assign 8 million euros from EU funds for tourism promotion. The money is to be spent on outdoor advertising and the country’s participation in tourism fairs abroad. The government will be contributing 110,000 Euros.

NAT informs, “The sums allocated from the state budget for the promotion of tourism in 2015 amount to 508,000 lei. About 4 million euros are allocated from European funds for the purchase of outdoor advertising services for the implementation of annual marketing operational plans for the national tourist brand.”

Along with that NAT intends to open a new office for tourist promotion in Beijing this year, which will require funds of 50,000 Euros. The authority has nine offices for tourist promotion abroad, namely Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, Spain and USA.

According to National Association of Travel Agents, the Emergency Ordinance amending the Law on holiday vouchers which has recently been voted by the Chamber of Deputies is expected to bring extra annual revenues of 400 million euros for the tourism sector in Romania, which is a 16% increase to this sector.