Romania has an extraordinary cultural tourism potential. The multiculturalism and interculturality of Romania are a great wealth. Romanians, Hungarians and Germans have been living together for almost a thousand years, especially in Transylvania and Banat. The most popular destinationis are cultural: monasteries in Bucovina, wooden churches and houses in Maramures, castles, fortresses and fortified churches from Transilvania. In the last twenty years, cultural has been developing in the countryside especially in the center of Transilvania. Romania is not a well-known tourist destination, like Spain, Italy or France, but the promotion of Romanian tourism is improving day by day. Annual visits to Transilvania by the Prince of Wales, now King Charles The Third of Great Britain, at the invtation of his friend, count Kalnoky, has played a special role in this proces. Prince Charles not only admired great places His Royal Highness visited. He bought several traditional houses in Viscri and Valea Zalanului that His Royal Highness renovated intoduced in tourist circuit. Miclosoara is perhaps the most succesful example of cultural tourism in rural Transilvania and this thanks to Count Tibor Kalnoky. After recovered his castel in Miclosoara, Count Kalnoky renovated it with European funds and he integrated into the tourist circuit, setting up the Museum of Transilvanian Life.

cultural tourism, rural tourism, Miclosoara, English terminology

agronomy

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