“I believe we will beat last year in terms of holidays sold abroad. We can still see high appetite for travel abroad,” Carmen Pavel told ZF.

Romanians spent EUR1.3 billion abroad in the first two months of 2024, against EUR1.5 billion in the year-earlier period. On the other hand, the sum foreigner spent in Romania halved, to just EUR362 million in January and February.

Carmen Pavel founded the agency in 1990 together with her husband.

(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)