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Bulgaria to Welcome Over 1 Million Romanian Tourists in 2012 [May 18, 2012] Over 1 million Romanian tourists will visit Bulgaria in 2012, Bulgaria's Deputy Economy Minister in charge of tourism, Ivo Marinov, predicted. Marinov spoke at a tourism forum in Romania's capital Bucharest on Friday during the 8th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media, as cited by Cross. He noted that a total of 960 365 Romanians visited Bulgaria in 2011, an increase of 4.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Thanks Bulgarian Mayor after Bus Fire Incident [May 02, 2012] Romania has expressed special thanks for Hristo Yanev, Mayor of the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Obzor, for his assistance after a bus with Romanian tourists caught on fire on the spot overnight. Yanev received thanks by Romania's Honorary Consul, Evgenia Popescu on Wednesday, the Obzor Municipality said in a statement. Late Tuesday night a bus with 48 Romanian tourists traveling from Romania's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania among Europe?s budget destinations for 2012; Sofia called cheapest city [Jan 07, 2012] Travellers looking for a budget European destination in 2012 should consider Romania, a country that is ?still relatively cheap? and offers plenty of activities for tourists, says Cheapflights.ca. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania among Europe's budget destinations for 2012; Sofia called cheapest city [Jan 04, 2012] TORONTO - Travellers looking for a budget European destination in 2012 should consider Romania, a country that is "still relatively cheap" and offers plenty of activities for tourists, says Cheapflights.ca. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hotel of Ice in Romania Wooing Winter Guests (PHOTOS) [Dec 29, 2011] The Balea Lac Hotel of Ice in the Fagaras Mountains, 300km (184 miles) northwest of Bucharest in Romania, is ready and opened to the tourists for the current winter season. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tourist arrivals grow more than Romanian outbound travel [Dec 06, 2011] INS also shows that the number of foreign tourists arriving in Romania has grown by over 10 per cent in the first ten months of this year, while Romanian outbound travel grew by only 1 per cent. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to promote Ceausescu tourist trail [Aug 25, 2011] BUCHAREST (AFP) - Tourists travelling to Romania will soon be able to follow the trail of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, tourist minister Elena Udrea said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to promote Ceausescu tourist trail [Aug 21, 2011] Tourists travelling to Romania will soon be able to follow the trail of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, tourist minister Elena Udrea said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to promote Ceausescu tourist trail [Aug 17, 2011] BUCHAREST (AFP) - Tourists travelling to Romania will soon be able to follow the trail of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, tourist minister Elena Udrea said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tourism Minister Elena Udrea inaugurated the city line tourist bus. [Jul 28, 2011] In order to increase the notoriety of Romania as a tourist destination, the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism (MDRT) jointly with the Bucharest Autonomous Transport Corporation (RATB) opened yesterday a line of double-decker buses for the Romanian and foreign tourists that wish to visit the Romanian capital. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarians 2nd Most Numerous Foreign Visitors in Romania in May [Jul 04, 2011] Bulgarians were the second largest group of foreign visitors and tourists in Romania in May 2011, according to Romania's official statistics. In May, Bulgarians were 17.6% of the foreigners who visited Romania, second only to Hungarians who made up 35.... [via YahooNews] More >>

2 Polish tourists die struck by lightning in Romanian mountains [Jun 24, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian authorities say two Polish tourists died in the mountains when they were struck by lightning during a storm. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tourism minister says Romania will have Facebook page to attract tourists [Nov 02, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's tourism minister says the country plans a Facebook page to lure more tourists. Blake Chandlee, Facebook director of sales in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, says said Facebook will help promote Romania as an attractive country for tourists. [via YahooNews] More >>

Come visit ice hotel in Romania! (People's Daily) [Mar 15, 2010] &$ &$&$ &$ People visit the Ice Hotel at Balea Lac (Balea Lake) in Fagaras Mountains, about 300 km northwest from Bucharest, capital of Romania, March 13, 2010. The Ice Hotel, situated near a glacier lake at 2,034 meters above the sea level, is open for tourists for its 5th consecutive winter. The hotel features an inside temperature of about minus four degrees Celsius and the drinks in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>