The decree also guarantees costs for repatriation in the cases of Romanian tourists facing difficult situations abroad.
“It is a full transposition (of the EU directive, ed.). Through this transposition we ensure a 100% guarantee for tourism packages, a subject intensely discussed in the last couple of years, but also recently with representatives of the European Commission,” announced government spokesman Nelu Barbu, following the end of Thursday’s cabinet meeting.
He added that multiple solutions were found for ensuring a full guarantee of travel packages, including insurance policies, bank guarantee letters and a combined fund of the Tourism Ministry and the National Association of Tourism Agencies.
“The insurance policies will include guaranteeing the transport of tourist abroad back to Romania in emergency situations – if they are stuck there for different reasons, there are weather problems or if they have problems with the contracted tourism operator,” added the government spokesman.