Season start on the right foot

The high demand for holiday packages in the resorts in Valea Prahovei (Prahova Valley) and the snow on the slopes have boosted the revenues of the businesses in the region. “The take-up of the hotels, villas and boarding-houses in Valea Prahovei during the winter holidays was 100% and even higher,” said Dragos Raducan, executive director of Tourism Employers Federation (FPT). FPT’s estimates show the number of accommodations ranked in these resorts to be of about 40,000, so that if calculated at an average 300 euro price, the hotel operators, villa and boarding-house owners derived 12 million euro revenues from accommodation alone. Contrary to the weather forecasts early in the month, there was snow in the mountains, so that the slopes were operational. High revenues were also made by the companies renting sky equipment, by ski monitors, and by cable car operators. Skiing throughout the holidays was done in Predeal, Azuga and Poiana Brasov and very little in Sinaia (this resort has no snow cannons). At the moment, there are 4 such cannons in Predeal, 2 in Poiana Brasov and 4 in Azuga. Temperatures on Sunday had gone above zero degrees Celsius, alarming the business people in the region again. Whereas take-up during holidays was already ensured due to the offers bought a long while before, take-up as of yesterday became largely dependent on weather. ZF