{"id":120246,"date":"2019-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/rural-residents-are-legally-allowed-to-serve-meals-to-tourists-in-their-homes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:14:37","slug":"rural-residents-are-legally-allowed-to-serve-meals-to-tourists-in-their-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/rural-residents-are-legally-allowed-to-serve-meals-to-tourists-in-their-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural residents are legally allowed to serve meals to tourists in their homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Since January, rural residents are legally allowed to serve meals to tourists in their homes, if they start working as a PFA and become accredited as gastronomic points.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tourists can stay at a hotel or a guesthouse, but can have lunch or dinner in a local&#8217;s home in the area.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Those working in tourism say that the Delta, where tourists are somewhat &quot;captive,&quot; gains the most from this measure, with over 100 such gastronomic points expected to appear this year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&bdquo;Several gastronomic points have already been accredited in the Delta after the law allowed this since January. This means that the tourist can legally eat at someone&#8217;s home, because locals have been allowed, since January, to put food on the tourist&#8217;s table, provided that all products are from the garden or from fish caught in the Delta,&rdquo; declared the president of the Danube Delta Tourism Destination Management Association (AMDTDD), Catalin Tibuleac.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To be accredited and appear in tourism guides as a gastronomic point, a local must register as a PFA. All these gastronomic points will also be recommended by tour guides or boat drivers, who will provide information.<\/div>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is a gastronomic point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A gastronomic point is a private home in a rural area where locals are legally allowed to serve traditional meals to tourists using local ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the requirements for locals to open a gastronomic point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Locals must register as an Authorized Natural Person (PFA) and obtain accreditation to serve meals legally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where is this initiative most popular?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Danube Delta is the primary beneficiary, with over 100 gastronomic points expected to open this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since January, rural residents are legally allowed to serve meals to tourists in their homes, if they start working as a PFA and become accredited as gastronomic points. Tourists can stay at a hotel or a guesthouse, but can have lunch or dinner in a local&#8217;s home in the area. Those working in tourism say&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","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\/120246","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=120246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120246"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}