Launching Two Cultural-touristic Routes of National Level and the Meeting of the EDEN Destinations in Romania
The event organized in Târgu Jiu with the occasion of the World Tourism Day, will highlight two projects implemented by the national tourism administration in Romania: recognising cultural-touristic and designating EDEN Destinations. The first part of the event consists in launching two of the cultural-touristic routes of national level recognised by the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Tourism: the Route of the European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) in Romania and the Route of tourist destinations in Romania awarded by FIJET (International Federation of Tourism Journalists and Writers) with the Golden Apple, the trophy for excellence in the development and promotion of tourism. At the moment there are recognised 118 cultural-touristic routes: 27 of national level, 53 of regional level and 38 of local level. Besides the routes recognised by the ministry, in Romania there are attractions included in 9 European cultural routes of the Council of Europe and 4 transnational cultural-touristic routes. More information about the cultural-touristic routes: http://turism.gov.ro/web/rute-cultural-turistice/ During the second part of the event the meeting of EDEN Destinations in Romania will take place, with the aim to facilitate networking and the exchange of experience and best practices. Between 2008-2019 in Romania there were designated 39 EDEN destinations for the 9 themes of the contest. The EDEN Project – European Destinations of ExcelleNce was launched by the European Commission in 2006. The objectives refer to the increase of visibility for non-traditional destinations, raising awareness over the diversity and quality of European tourism offer, reducing seasonality, supporting sustainable tourism, networking between destinations. More information about the EDEN Destinations: http://romaniaeden.travel/?lang=en
