“January started well, with rising bookings for exotic circuits, but also for summer holidays. We expect to have 4,000-5,000 tourists on the circuit segment, from 2,000 last year,” Carmen Pavel, the agency’s owner, told ZF.
Exotic circuits generate almost 18-19% of the travel agency’s turnover. Carmen Pavel founded the agency in 1990 together with her husband.
The travel agency market, valued at almost RON4 billion, plunged by over 60% in the first half of last year, with tourism as one of the hardest hit economic sectors by the pandemic fallout.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)