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The romanian tourism has one more chance - structural funds, from 2007

Jul 19, 2006

Attracting structural funds for tourism, entertainment areas, some hotelier complexes development depends on the investor - urbanist - local authorities relation, stated the Impact real estate society president, Dan Ioan Popp, at the General Meeting of the Municipalities Association from Romania, quoted by Rompres and the financial electronic publication www.SMARTfinancial.ro. On this event occasion held in Mangalia, the vicepresident of the Architects Order from Romania, Alexandru Balan, appreciated that "all the investors should respect the General City Planning, the Areal City Planning and the Detailed City Planning. These are not always corresponding from the city planning point of view, are rather responding the investors requests. Today, city planning is actually an endless struggle for winning urban space, modeled today by the investor". The investments are as much as necessary as the Constanta Municipality has a cliff towards north, unbuilt, that must be consolidated because it slides between seven and nine mm per year. Also, a development can be done from Constanta too, towards north until Danube's piers, in wilder areas and much more favourable to tourism. "The investors are trapped between clients' requests and long term expectances of local authorities. From the real estate developer point of view, I think that the main problem that he is confrunting with is related to the time problem – how much time is necessary for finishing an investment measure, because it lasts longer, as the losses are more significant for the clients, investors and local authority", Dan Ioan Popp said. The participants present to the manifestation have appreciated that there are premises of such a development in the romanian seaside area. If there are investors such a development can be accomplished, and a solid thincking can get to a very good long term development. Zanfir Iorgus, Mangalia Municipality Mayor, member in the director Committee of the Municipalities Association from Romania, underlined that "each time that the local administration wants to think of a development strategy will have to take count by all means of the investors. The public - private partnership is one of the future solutions, and developing investments in this line increases the tax basis and implicit the incomes level in local budget". As a matter of fact, Mangalia municipality has now about 50 hectares area, available for houses building development. On structural funds they succeeded accessing a bancking loan needed for projects participation of the European Commission and together with the Ministry of Integration they will sustain infrastructure assurance. "Once finished the infrastructure, there is only one step for beginning houses constructions: finding the partner", Iorgus appreciated. Mangalia already benefits by financed projects on PHARE program 2004 - 2006: a rehabilitation program of touristic Mangalia seaport, an investment of five million EUR that will be finished in 2007, a rehabilitation project of infrastrucutre area between Saturn and Venus resort, of 2,5 million EUR, specially of balneary tourism area. Another solution is attracting tourists in the resorts of the romanian seaside in other periods than summer. Speaking about this, the Mangalia Municipality Mayor acknowledged that "there are problems in the recreation, entertainment side, of covering the spare time in the most pleasant way for visitors. There is a concern for developing better the recreation area and for bringing so more tourists every period of the year".

Sursa: Rompres & SMART financial - www.SMARTfinancial.ro

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