The Romanian Hora at the Warsaw Tourism Fair
Until we get to the story in the title, I leave you with the latest data presented by the World Tourism Organization for 2022. Why do I start with numbers? Because they reflect the dry, sometimes painful truth of this economic sector, at least for Romania.
“An estimated 700 million tourists travelled internationally between January and September, more than double (+133%) the number recorded for the same period in 2021. This equates to 63% of 2019 levels and puts the sector on track to reach 65% of pre-pandemic levels, according to UNWTO scenarios. The results were driven by strong demand, improved confidence levels and the lifting of restrictions in a growing number of destinations,” the World Tourism Organization said.
The Romanian Hora at the Warsaw Tourism Fair
The International Tourism Fair in Warsaw takes place from November 24 to 26. Romania's stand is already classic, but this time it is aimed at a market accustomed to the Romanian seaside , but also to mountain resorts. Everything is for the agencies and the Ministry of Tourism to convince Poles to return to our lands. According to the National Institute of Statistics, out of the 6,7 million foreign tourists registered in 2021 in Romania, only 201.000 were Polish. The recording below is from today, from the Romania stand, where several Polish officials, as well as a secretary of state from the Romanian Ministry of Tourism, performed a hora together with a traditional ensemble.
The footage, however, captures a detail from the series of films The Laughing Stunts. On one of the monitors in the fair, images of Mocănița are playing, and the train schedule is in Romanian. Too bad! Mocănița is an experience in itself and should be promoted as best as possible. They could at least use English!
CFR Călători's reaction
As I wrote at the end of the article, I asked the CFR to come up with an official position. They came up with a right of reply claiming that they were not present at the Tourism Fair. According to the law, I will publish the full right of reply with all the “venom” directed at www.funkytravel.ro I hope they will also turn their attention to this information, published by digi24.ro
Right to reply
"This article represents real misinformation about CFR Călători, thus denigrating the company's activity and image! We make it clear that CFR Călători did NOT participate in the International Tourism Fair in Poland that took place in November 2022, nor in previous years' editions, nor was it requested any presentation material for this fair. In this context, your statements are false and tendentious, for which we would like to emphasize that we express our regret for the way you proceeded for documentation before the publication of the material. Through a simple search on CFR Călători's web page, even on the company's Facebook page, you would have been aware of CFR Călători's recent activity. Considering the fact that CFR Călători operates over 1000 trains daily and has a series of services/programmes/travel offers, it would have been impossible that in a presentation like the one captured in the video you played in the article , about Romania's stand, let's summarize the circulation of CFR Călători trains on only certain months and days, and only in Romanian. the benefit of CFR Călători. In order not to create confusion among your readers, we inform you that there are several railway passenger transport operators operating on the railway in Romania, as well as tourist leisure transport companies with vintage trains - the famous mocănițe. The use in this article of information and images that are not related to CFR Călători, deliberately misleads public opinion and damages CFR Călători's image."
As a result of the Information provided by CFR Călători, I see myself in the situation of heading again to the Ministry of Tourism. Don't you mind who came up with the train schedule for Mocănița in Romanian at the Polish Tourism Fair?
