{"id":122090,"date":"2017-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/romanias-external-tourism-offices-to-be-closed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:36:41","slug":"romanias-external-tourism-offices-to-be-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/romanias-external-tourism-offices-to-be-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania’s External Tourism Offices to be Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Romania’s external tourism offices, the only entities promoting Romanian tourism abroad, will be closed.<\/div>\n
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The most important industry associations, FPTR, FIHR, and ANAT, stated that the decision is a poor one and that the minister should have consulted with the industry before making a crucial decision for tourism promotion.<\/div>\n
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Minister Mircea Dobre admitted that when he decided to close all 11 of Romania’s tourism offices abroad, he did not consult with industry professionals. He suggested that he consulted with his advisors and state secretaries.<\/div>\n
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Thus, on Friday, April 28, a reorganization project for the institution appeared on the Ministry of Tourism’s website, and one of the points provides for the „abolition of tourism promotion representative offices based abroad, including the recall of personnel to the country, as well as the termination of all contractual relations related to the operation of these representative offices”.<\/div>\n
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External tourism offices have been operating for more than 50 years and, according to some tour operators who bring foreigners to Romania, they are the only entities that have promoted and continue to promote tourism abroad.<\/div>\n
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On the other hand, Minister Mircea Dobre speaks about the faulty operation of the external representative offices and the huge discrepancies in the cost-benefit ratio noted by the Court of Accounts in the report regarding the activity of the former ANT in 2015.<\/div>\n
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"The Court of Accounts never said that these offices should be abolished, but rather speaks and analyzes procedures, compliance with the law, and has nothing to do with performance management. I don’t think it’s normal for the Court of Accounts to be used as an excuse for this move, and I, in their place, those at the Court, would react," stated Anca Pavel Nedea, the former head of the National Authority for Tourism, ANT.<\/div>\n
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Minister Dobre claims, however, that the external representative offices operated according to rules no longer found in any public institution in Romania with external missions.<\/div>\n
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He specified that he wants Romania’s promotion on external markets to be done correctly, coherently, and efficiently. Consequently, the external representative offices, as they are known now, will be abolished, and the Ministry of Tourism, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will create a diplomatic corps with duties in the field of Romania’s tourism promotion abroad. <\/div>\n

Source: Profit<\/a><\/p>\n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n

Why are Romania’s external tourism offices being closed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Minister of Tourism cited faulty operations and cost-benefit discrepancies highlighted by the Court of Accounts as the primary reasons for the closure.<\/p>\n

What is the industry’s reaction to this decision?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tourism associations (FPTR, FIHR, ANAT) strongly criticize the decision, calling it a mistake and reproaching the minister for the lack of consultation with industry experts.<\/p>\n

What will replace these representative offices?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Tourism plans to create a specialized diplomatic corps for tourism promotion in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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