The Alliance for Tourism (APT), a national tourism organization comprising 24 profile organizations, launched the “Covasna Appeal” during its General Assembly held at the C\u0103prioara Hotel in Covasna. Representatives of the Alliance for Tourism (APT) emphasized that this appeal refers to the sustained involvement of both industry representatives and the relevant ministry and related authorities. The APT’s primary goal is the adoption and implementation of the Destination Management Organization (DMO) law\u2014a model that has been successfully implemented in many of the world’s top tourist destinations, the cited source highlights.<\/p>\n
APT representatives believe that adopting holiday vouchers for the private sector and finalizing the regulatory package aimed at stimulating incoming tourism would constitute the next two priorities. These could serve as new alternative compensatory measures to those already missed, such as ungranted compensation for activity restrictions in 2021 and partially in 2022.<\/p>\n
The tourism industry could reach the threshold of 10% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), depending on the pace at which government measures or strategies are adopted. Romania could also receive 10 million foreign tourists annually. However, achieving this target requires the establishment of a national-level Destination Management Organization (DMO) as well as a tourism promotion and development budget of 20 million EUR per year.<\/p>\n
What is the primary objective of the “Covasna Appeal”?<\/strong><\/p>\n The appeal calls for a coordinated effort between the government and industry leaders to implement the DMO law and boost national tourism growth.<\/p>\n How can Romanian tourism reach 10% of the national GDP?<\/strong><\/p>\n Reaching this threshold depends on adopting strategic government measures, establishing a national DMO, and securing a 20 million EUR annual promotion budget.<\/p>\n What are the proposed compensatory measures for the industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n The APT suggests holiday vouchers for private employees and new regulations to stimulate incoming tourism as alternatives to previous missed compensations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Alliance for Tourism (APT), a national tourism organization comprising 24 profile organizations, launched the “Covasna Appeal” during its General Assembly held at the C\u0103prioara Hotel in Covasna. Representatives of the Alliance for Tourism (APT) emphasized that this appeal refers to the sustained involvement of both industry representatives and the relevant ministry and related authorities.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":90728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-116314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116314"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=116314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}