{"id":123723,"date":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/ant-appreciates-that-promoting-tourism-is-promoting-romania\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:05:55","slug":"ant-appreciates-that-promoting-tourism-is-promoting-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/ant-appreciates-that-promoting-tourism-is-promoting-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"ANT appreciates that promoting tourism is promoting Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&bdquo;Promotion must be done with the support of promotion associations, the ANT, the ministry, understanding that promoting tourism is promoting the country. I strive, as a professional with 17 years of experience in this field, to bring this idea into the public system as well, that it is not just the promotion of tourism, it is the promotion of Romania and the country. The strategy of moving towards destination brands is a healthy one and demands a maturity that we have finally reached, not only in the tourism industry but as a country,&rdquo; explained Anca Nedea, president of the National Authority for Tourism, ANT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thus, besides destination brands, Romania must promote its tourism products and facilitate tourist access through flights to the destination.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To attract foreign tourists, ANT will organize infotrips for Russian journalists in Romania in March-April. The Russian market is a huge stake for tourism in any surrounding country, because agencies in Russia no longer sell vacations in Turkey after the Turks shot down a Russian military bomber at the border with Syria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the same time, ANT wants to reopen a tourism office in Israel because it is the second largest market for Romania, after Germany.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the ANT&#8217;s new strategy for promoting Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ANT focuses on destination brands and views tourism promotion as a way to promote the entire country, not just the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Romania targeting the Russian tourism market?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Romania aims to attract Russian tourists who are no longer traveling to Turkey due to geopolitical tensions, using infotrips for journalists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which are the most important foreign markets for Romanian tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany is the largest market, followed by Israel, where the ANT plans to reopen a dedicated tourism office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&bdquo;Promotion must be done with the support of promotion associations, the ANT, the ministry, understanding that promoting tourism is promoting the country. I strive, as a professional with 17 years of experience in this field, to bring this idea into the public system as well, that it is not just the promotion of tourism, it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123723","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\/123723","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=123723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123723"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}