{"id":121038,"date":"2018-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/ministry-of-tourism-to-withdraw-from-hotel-and-restaurant-licensing-process\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:33:00","slug":"ministry-of-tourism-to-withdraw-from-hotel-and-restaurant-licensing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/ministry-of-tourism-to-withdraw-from-hotel-and-restaurant-licensing-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Tourism to Withdraw from Hotel and Restaurant Licensing Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Tourism is preparing to withdraw from the authorization process for hotels, restaurants, and bars, which will thus remain solely at the level of local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The simplification currently being prepared is part of the decentralization process, stated the Minister of Tourism, Bogdan Trif.<\/p>\n<p>Double authorization, by granting final approval from the center by the Ministry of Tourism, was introduced several years ago. <\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, the decision to issue all authorizations and licenses for hotels, restaurants, and bars will remain only at the local level.<\/p>\n<p>&bdquo;We have conducted an impact study in this regard. For at least one year, we will guide them; we will work in mixed teams with those from the county council so that they are prepared. It is abnormal to authorize restaurants and hotels across the country from the center. We do all this with 15 people,&rdquo; said Minister Bogdan Trif.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the main change in the tourism authorization process?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Tourism will stop issuing central approvals, leaving the licensing of hotels and restaurants solely to local authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is this change being implemented?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is part of a decentralization effort to simplify procedures and address the inefficiency of a small central team managing nationwide authorizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will local authorities be prepared for this transition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a transition period of at least one year during which mixed teams from the Ministry and County Councils will train local staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Tourism is preparing to withdraw from the authorization process for hotels, restaurants, and bars, which will thus remain solely at the level of local authorities. The simplification currently being prepared is part of the decentralization process, stated the Minister of Tourism, Bogdan Trif. Double authorization, by granting final approval from the center&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-121038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/topstory.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121038","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=121038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121038"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=121038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}