Eximtur expects higher revenues

Cluj-based Eximtur travel agency, Transilvania’s largest tour-operator, saw sales up about 30% in the first quarter, chairperson Lucia Morariu said. “Domestic tourism was our most dynamic segment, with growth in euros reaching 40%. This was mainly due to the introduction of the online reservation system, which we expect would lead to the doubling of our full-year revenues,” Morariu said. Sales of plane tickets rose 10% and outgoing tourism was up 30%. Eximtur expects turnover to reach 16 million euros compared with 12.4 million euros in 2003, with the revenue growth also sustained by the development of the online reservation system and by the opening of an office in Bucharest. Sales of holiday packages in Romania amounted to 90bn ROL last year, with 2004 estimates pointing to an 120bn ROL level (3 million euros). As regards the plane tickets sold by the agency, they were worth about 600,000 euros a month. ZF