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ROMANIA: THE COUNTRY OF DRACULA?

Although Romanian tourism minister does not want Dracula to be the main tourism brand of Romania, the country still capitalizes on it. According to the minister there are also other places in Romania worth seeing besides those associated with the famous vampire of Bram Stokers.

April 14, 2009 · admin · No Comments
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Romania's first exclusive tourist complex to open in a former ammunition warehouse

By Unal Basusta, eTN | Bega Group, owned by businessmen Marius and Emil Cristescu will finalize this autumn in Orastie (central Romania) the first stage of the investment in Arsenal Park, Romania's first exclusive complex.

August 4, 2008 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
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Romanians foreign tourists’ number boosts 15 percent

The most popular tourism offers are rural holidays and tours followed by events, the mountains, the Danube delta and the seaside.

December 19, 2005 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
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Remembering the Holocaust in Romania

On Sunday, September 11, 2005, the Jewish Architectural Heritage Foundation (JAHF) and AMHN, its Romanian sister organization, will dedicate Romania’s first fully functional Holocaust memorial museum. A formal ceremony will be held on the grounds of the museum in Simleu Silvaniei, Romania, at 12:00 PM local time. Supporters include the Romanian government, the Honorable Warren [...]

August 25, 2005 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
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Romancing Romania (part two)

There seems to be few organized opportunities to tour Bucharest, leaving one to explore on foot or by public transport.  It’s safer than most European cities, although as anywhere there are risky areas.  It’s not, as one might perceive from some reports, a city of potholed streets with packs of stray rabid dogs whose fangs [...]

December 2, 2004 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
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Romancing Romania

It is often the case that when a country has a bad image, or is known for the wrong reasons, the reality turns out delightfully different from the perception.  Such was my experience on a recent trip to Romania.  The images that the name evokes are of a despotic dictator, the darkest days of communism, [...]

December 1, 2004 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
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Dracula theme park to draw tourists to Romania

The government of Romania, one of the poorest ex-Communist countries in Eastern Europe, has approved a plan to build a theme park dedicated to the fictional vampire, Dracula. It’s expected the park will boost the tourist profile of the Transylvania region which was the source of inspiration for writer Bram Stoker. His story was first [...]

November 16, 2004 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
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