Lack of snow not a problem

The lack of snow on the ski slopes this year will not make much of an impact on the business of the hotel owners in the mountain area, operators say. The only ones that may see their business shrink are those relying on the tourists travelling “on a whim.” Following one of the most profitable holidays in several years for the accommodation units in the Prahova Valley, the next period might confirm one of the best winter seasons for the Romanian tourism. “The Prahova Valley will be fully booked for the weekends, because the skiers will find enough snow on the higher mountain areas,” Dragos Raducan, general secretary of the Federation of Tourism Employers’ Association told Ziarul Financiar. Still, Raducan cared to specify that most of the tourists taking ski trips usually do so without enlisting the services of a travel agency first. This is why the weather forecasts will only impact on those boarding-house owners who offer various accommodations, as many of them contact their clients at the railway station. The hotels and the other tourism structures, however, have made the most of the prolonged holidays. The end of the year meant for both the travel agencies and the accommodation units a significant increase in revenues compared with the previous years. ZF