Romeo Dunca investsin new ski resort

Businessman Romeo Dunca, stakeholder in Dunca Expeditii, a commodities shipment company, has hired Canada’s Ecosign, a leading mountain resort planner, to start “hundreds of millions of euros” worth of investments in an environment-friendly ski resort, BUSINESS Magazin reports.
“We want to bring Austria to the foot of Tarcu Mountain, where there are 11 peaks that stand above 2,000 metres, or rather offer an alternative to people who ski in Austria, be they Hungarians or Romanians,” says Romeo Dunca.
The ski resort is by no means a new proposal, and was even considered before 1989, under the name of Perla Banatului, whilst its current form could include tens of kilometres of slopes, installations for these and the construction of facilities to accommodate 10,000 people, besides infrastructure and local development works.
Dunca’s involvement in the project entails the creation of the resort’s concept and the regional urban plan, as well as getting local authorities involved. In terms of investments, the Timisoara businessman will equip the 11 slopes with installations, which cost 50m euros.
“(…) This is a project worth several hundred million euros to be amortised immediately,” believes Dunca.
Dunca’s ski resort project is not the only one of this type in Romania, although it is the biggest at present. Arieseni Schi Resort, proposed by Schi Resort SRL, a firm controlled by businessman Silviu Prigoana, a year ago submitted a ski resort project to Arieseni, Alba county, city hall. The project proposes 110m RON investments and entails the construction of 10 slopes with a total length of 12.55 km, accommodation facilities for 3.500 people in 5 hotels, 86 B&B’s and 47 holiday houses.