ROMANIA TOURISM ADMINISTRATIVE AND TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

The administrative authority at the central level in the field of tourism functions under the Ministry of Economy: the Department for Small and Medium Enterprises, Business Environment and Tourism which coordinates the National Authority for Tourism (ANT).

The main fields of activity consist in drawing up and implementing the national tourism strategy, promoting Romania as a tourist destination both domestically and internationally, developing destinations and tourist products, developing the tourist infrastructure, issuing accommodation and tourism licences, controlling the quality of tourism services, evaluating and selecting the applications for EU Regional Operational Programme.

At territorial level there are 13 representatives which collaborate with the local public administrations, private sector and tourism NGOs for implementing the national tourism policy.

The Romanian National Authority for Tourism has  9 offices abroad responsible for Romania’s promotion, in the following cities: Rome, Austria, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, London, Warsaw, Moscow, New York.

The local level administrative bodies consist of the county administrations and the city/town administrations. The tourism role of the local administrations is to develop on their own behalf and to assist the ministry in implementing the tourism policy at local level. Responsibilities of the county administrations in the field of tourism refer to:

• Inventory of main tourist resources;
• Administration of the local registers of tourism patrimony;
• Drafting the development proposals, which are the basis for the annual program for tourism development;
• Participation in the homologation of tourist tours and ski tracks;
• Contribution to the increase of quality of tourist products;
• Supervision of tourist activity, in order for the operators to have access to tourist resources.

 Tourism related departments can be established within the public administration at the local level.

The Consultative Committee in Tourism is the body under which the representatives of the public and private sector and the tourism NGOs gather in order to discuss aspects regarding the tourism policy.

In the field of human resources there is the Committee for Tourism, Hotels and Restaurants, coordinated by the National Council for Adult Vocational Training.

At the local level county tourist associations have been established bringing together the public and private stakeholders and NGOs, like in Sibiu, Brașov, Prahova, Covasna, Harghita, Mureș, Constanța, Bucovina (Suceava).

Some of the tourist associations are brought together within the Federation of Association for Tourism Promotion (FAPT) .