Romania's Resort Tourism — huffingtonpost.com

Romania has 275 kilometers of Black Sea coastline. The country tries to attract tourists by touting its sandy beaches, temperate climate, spas, and resort hotels. It's tough competition. I met a couple of Romanians who said straight out that they prefer to vacation along Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. And Turkey is a more popular destination for European and American travelers. Tanase Barde, along with two colleagues, owns two hotels on the Romanian coast. They're located near the town of Mangalia in two resorts named after Roman gods: Jupiter and Venus. They're seasonal hotels. Even though we were meeting in season -- at a restaurant in the Black Sea port city of Constanta in May 2013 -- business, he told me, was not particularly good.

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