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DATOURWAY Project
Transnational Strategy for the Sustainable Territorial
Development of the Danube Area with special regard to
Tourism
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“CALAFAT-VIDIN” (BG-RO) - CITY TOURISM AND RURAL
NEIGHBORHOOD
CALAFAT AREA
Ruse, 24 August
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Methodology of the Pilot Project
I.
EVALUATION AND SYSTEMATISATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TARGET AREA; ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL DIRECTIONS OF
DEVELOPMENT
Macro-regional relations of the pilot area
Review of social issues
Natural and environmental characteristics
Economic characteristics of the area
Infrastructure
Spatial structure
Spatial development
Institutional characteristics
Financial structure
Conflict areas
II.
SWOT ANALYSIS
III.
SUGGESTED ACTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE AREA
IV.
SUGGESTED FURTHER CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATIOS
V.
LOCAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
VI.
MAIN LESSONS
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PILOT AREA
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MACRO-REGIONAL RELATIONS OF THE DANUBE AREA
An important role in the area development could have the “Dunarea 21” Euroregion
Association, created in 2001, at a meeting in Vidin with the participation of the
representatives from 3 countries: Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia – the Vidin, Calafat, Zaycar
municipalities.
In this chapter we have identified a list of projects implemented or under implementation by
local authorities, the trends in tourism development, the main policy and strategies for
tourism development of the Local Authorities or County Council.
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REVIEW OF SOCIAL ISSUES
Employment structure
Demographic status
NUTS 5 level
CALAFAT MUNICIPALITY
CETATE COMMUNE
CIUPERCENII NOI COMMUNE
DESA COMMUNE
MAGLAVIT COMMUNE
PISCU VECHI COMMUNE
POIANA MARE COMMUNE
CALAFAT AREA
2009
17,816
5,525
5,670
4,821
5,263
2,713
11,715
53,523
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REVIEW OF SOCIAL ISSUES
Industry branch is well represented in the
Calafat Municipality (55.1% employees) and Poiana
Mare Commune (71.7% employees). In the Cetate,
Ciupercenii Noi and Desa Communes, 60.9%, 49.7%
and respectively 34.6% of the local work force are
employed in commerce.
The
highest
proportion
of
the
population
employed in tourism jobs is in the Desa Commune
(9.6%) and Cetate Commune (8.7%) and the Calafat
Municipality (3.9%).
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NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
We discussed the following issues:
• Natural resources;
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The state of environment: the air quality, the water quality, the soil quality, the management of
waste, the floods risk;
Protected areas: in the pilot project area there are 3 NATURA 2000 sites, of which, 2 Special
Protected Areas (SPAs) and 1 Site of Community Importance. To these, another 5 natural
reservations appointed by Law 5/2000, with a total of 238,4 ha are added.
Heritage protection: the list of Historical monuments by categories and types, the
presentation of the main Arts and crafts in Dolj County, Cultural Festivals and other Events,
Gastronomy and wine, Institutions promoting culture
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NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
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ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA
Tourism sector
Tourist attractions
The Calafat city
the Ostrovu Mare recreational point (with landscape
value);
the Bascov recreational point
the municipality park - public gardens in the central
area + facilities
The Metropolitan forest” situated in the south-east part
can take.
The Calafat unloading dock.
The national camp of folk music – Calafat - the only
camp in Romania (from 2000 guests from Bulgaria,
Serbia, Moldova, Russia)
The “Danubiu” camp – created on the left bank of the
river, in an oak forest.
Cetate
The Danube beach, lying on approximately 3 km,
The ‚La Cetate’ cultural port – lies on the Danube bank,
2 km from Cetate and 18 km from Calafat. It is famous for
the sculpture camps organised during the recent years.
Also, inside the complex they have organised a ‘Neolithic’
village where ecologic products freshly prepared can be
consumed.
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ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA
Tourism sector
Tourist infrastructure – accomodation places
Name
Panoramic
Casa Italia
Cetate
Coliseum*
Amfiteatru*
TOTAL
Type
Hotel
Hostel
Hotel
Hotel
Hotel
Locality
Calafat
Calafat
Cetate
Calafat
Calafat
In 2010 49,553 arrivals of
foreign visitors were registered
at Calafat border point. This
represents only 0.7% from total
arrivals of foreign visitors in
Romania. In the same year,
32,403
departures
of
Romanians
abroad
were
registered at Calafat border
point representing 0.3% from the
total of departures of Romanians
abroad.
Category
2 stars
3 stars
3 stars
4 stars
4 stars
No. of
rooms
46
12
10
11
43
122
No. of bedplaces
92
24
20
25
82
243
Tourist infrastructure – Food and beverage facilities in
Calafat and surrounding area
Name
Type
Casa Italia
Cetate
Coliseum*
Panoramic*
Amfiteatru*
OK*
Maxx*
Valahia*
TOTAL
Classic restaurant
Classic restaurant
Classic restaurant
Classic restaurant
Classic restaurant
Classic restaurant
Classic restaurant
Classic restaurant
Locality
Calafat
Cetate
Calafat
Calafat
Calafat
Calafat
Calafat
Calafat
Category
3 stars
3 stars
4 stars
3 stars
4 stars
3 stars
3 stars
3 stars
No. of
places
40
100
50
140
120
120
200
100
870
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Indicators presented:
•Road transport
•Rail transport
•Provisions regarding transport development
•Waterway network
•Road network
•Railway network
•Accessibility
•Info-communication sector
•Public utility supply - Living quality
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SPATIAL STRUCTURE – development axes
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SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
Social issues
•57% of the people living in the area have •Population ageing,
secondary education
•Migration of the local population to other
•The share of economically active population areas
in total population living in Calafat •Extremely small proportion of highermunicipality is higher than county level
educated
•Limited access to basic population
services
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SWOT ANALYSIS
Natural and environmental characteristics
Rich hydrographic network – river and some Disappearing of some natural habitats;
lakes; areas suitable for fishery;
High risk of desertification
The existence of protected areas – 3 Natura Lack of sewage and wastewater treatment
2000 sites and 5 natural reservations; More station;
than half of the floodplain sector is included in Degradation of existing flood protection
protection areas of national or European systems;
importance;
Bad use of land located in flood risk areas;
The existence of flood protection systems;
The presence of the surfaces characterized
Implementation
the action plans for by soils affected by gleyzation and
environmental protection at regional and local salinization;
level (PLAM and PRAM);
In certain areas, the phreatic water hardness
The presence of mineral waters in the proximity puts it at the potability limit;
of the area at Gighera;
The accentuation of drought
The relatively high soil fertility, in natural The near presence of major important
conditions;
pollution sources (eg: at Kozloduy);
The maintenance of some forest surfaces, Illegal clearings;
which contribute to biodiversity preservation;
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Economic characteristics of the area
Very good natural conditions for the practice The poverty of the population who does not
of agriculture
have financial possibilities to invest in the
A forest fund that owns a hunting potential endowments of their own;
which is well represented but also has The dependency of the agriculture sector;
landscape and recreational value;
Inadequate irrigations infrastructure;
Stable forest ecosystems;
Poor transport and urban infrastructure;
Rich fishing potential;
Low productivity level;
The existence of industrial and commercial The new land and especially forest owners
activities in urban area;
have limited capacities of property
The existence of certain traditional products management;
and activities specific to the Danube Difficulties in imposing the legislation;
Floodplain;
The trade networks are not yet developed
to meet the needs of small exploitations;
Poor development of services in the rural
space;
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SWOT ANALYSIS
Tourism sector
The tourism potential which enable Lack of tourist infrastructure and specific
practicing several types of tourism (transit, services. There is no guesthouse in rural
fishing, cruise, cultural, eco-tourism)
area;
In Calafat town there is the necessary There aren’t any tourism information centre
tourism infrastructure;
or points;
In Calafat there is a spa;
There are no travel agencies;
The existence of tourism marina Cetate;
Recreational infrastructure is poor;
The existence of international transit flows; No tourist promotion of the area
The inbound characteristic of transit flows No local tourist brands identified
for Calafat;
Lack of tourist marina for boats and
Proximity to as a main urban tourist additional services (e.g. boat rentals)
generating area (especially for same-day The extremely small proportions of young
visits and week-ends)
people and higher-educated people point to
The existence of cross-border collaboration the difficulties in providing tourism services
between Calafat and Vidin which includes by the poorly qualified human resources of
also tourism projects
the investigated area.
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Infrastructure
The existence of the solar, Aeolian and Obsolete and improper quality of heating
biomass potential
networks and equipments in Calafat;
The existence of Craiova-Calafat-Vidin Lack of natural gas supplying and distribution
telecommunications main line
system
100% covering for the mobile Lack of proper thermal insulation
telephone systems
Inadequate transport capacity for passengers and
Accessibility of all settlements by freight
national or regional roads
Density of road and railway networks is inferior to
Existence of a railway and waterway the national average and 4 times lower than the
location on two multimodal transport European Union average
corridors (IV and IX)
Poor and obsolete rail infrastructure allowing only
Connection to a major railway junction very low speeds
(convergence of at least three railway No border crossings on the railway
lines) – and a main line: – Rosiori de Poor port facilities, expensive ferry
Vede – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – There is no definite completion time for the
Caransebes
investment projects (construction of a highway, an
Existence of 2 river ports
expressway and high speed railway)
Lack of financial resources for infrastructure
development projects
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SWOT ANALYSIS
Conclusions:
Analyzed area has tourism potential, but is poorly capitalized
in coherent tourism programs and tours;
The specific tourism infrastructure and services should be
modernized and the recreational infrastructure should be
developed;
There is the legal framework for tourism development and the
will of the public institutions in the area, but to get to this
chapter of local development must be solved basic problems
such as water supply, waste management etc.
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SUGGESTED ACTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE AREA
1. Modernization and development of tourism infrastructure in the pilot area:
Improving the fluvial accessibility in Calafat port: port upgrading by adding tourism functions to current
structure / organization;
Arranging Danube bank in Calafat : from the port Calafat to the Bascov area;
Construction of a marine in Bascov area - for pleasure boats, pier for boats and floating swimming pool;
Rehabilitate the Bascov beach;
Opening an information center at Calafat;
Establishment of two bike trails in Calafat and adjacent rural areas: Calafat - Maglavit – Cetate and
Calafat - Ciuperceni - Desa - Poiana Mare;
Organize a water recreation area.
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SUGGESTED ACTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE AREA
2. Diversification of tourist offer and optimal capitalization of the resources
Encouraging rural tourism and agro - tourism;
Business tourism development;
Development of cruise tourism on the Danube;
Development of cultural tourism and religious tourism;
Ecotourism development;
Creating tours combined in an optimal way to exploit all tourism resources offered in the area.
3. Increasing the quality of products and services
Review of EU quality standards on accommodation, catering, conferences facilities, recreational
infrastructure and other travel services and designing training and authorization programs as necessary;
Achieving a high standard of tourism services to ensure effective services for tourists or increase the
tourism experiences;
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SUGGESTED ACTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE AREA
4. Visibility through the development of local marketing
Promoting the development of tourist offer through publications, brochures in different languages​​, guides;
Making a web site that works as a tour guide for the pilot area;
Stimulating and supporting marketing alliances with Dolj County Council, the Ministry of Regional
Development and Tourism with other marketing organizations in Romania and Bulgaria, developing
relationships with suppliers of transport services, travel journalists, etc.;
Participation in specialized fairs and exhibitions;
Organizing tours and demonstrations for journalists and travel agents;
Organizing events to stimulate demand (like Folk Festival – Calafat, Balkanic Film Festival – Cetate);
Creating a tourism brand Calafat - Vidin.
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5. Human resources development
Supporting the training of specialists in the tourism sector;
Developing the necessary professional skills of the employees in tourism sector ;
Supporting professional and university education;
Preparing the staff for providing tourist services in rural areas;
Training the staff working in areas related to the tourism sector;
Paying attention to knowing of at least one international language among the staff in tourism and related
activities, knowledge of Bulgarian is also a recommendation.
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SUGGESTED FURTHER CROSS-BORDER COOPERATIOS
Most of the projects of development of tourism in the Romania-Bulgaria cross-border area, aim especially:
• to create strategies and to develop partnerships;
develop the general and tourism-specific infrastructure;
• to
capitalize the cultural patrimony (traditions and customs) and the rural one;
• to
• to capitalize and preserve the biodiversity;
build tourist ports/marinas;
• to
to improve the quality of tourist services.
•
Projects proposals for cross border cooperation:
Romanian and Bulgarian cooperation among economic and institutional actors” (jointly
• “Promoting
participate in international fairs, development of complementary economic sectors with high value
added etc.);
partnerships, exchange best practices”;
• “Building
Romanian-Bulgarian cross-border business incubators”
• „Encourage
• “Historical and cultural routes in the border area Dolj, Vidin, Vratsa, Montana - a path to economic
development”
Park Western Balkans”
• “Trasfrontalier
• “Establishing routes for tourist passenger ships on the Danube”
center to promote specific professions in the Romanian-Bulgarian border area”
• “Training
ring road rehabilitation of Calafat and the county road Calafat - Ciuperceni – Desa”
• “Sion
• “Study on the potential of creating a multimo.dal transport system in order to provide connections
between corridors 4 and 7”
of information systems for traffic of goods and people crossing the border in the Vidin –
• “Harmonization
Calafat”
• “Studies on flood risk management in the border area”
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LOCAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Promoting the tourism potential (attractions) in the cross-border region and the diversification of the existing
cross-border tourist services;
Integrating the cross-border infrastructure and tourism products in the European circuits;
Building the Calafat-Vidin bridge will facilitate the road and rail links between Romania and Bulgaria, Greece,
Turkey, Near and Middle East ;
The creation, as a result of building the Calafat-Vidin bridge, of the Calafat "free zone" (a key point in
international traffic by road, rail and river) and of the "industrial park";
Potential for exploitation of the Danube as a low-cost transport corridor;
The development of Danube tourism, of tourism ports (Calafat, Cetate, Corabia, Balasan). Modernization,
refurbishment, possibly expanding the port area as needed;
Good opportunities for developing agro-tourism and cruise tourism on the Danube;
Wine-viticultural potential localities (Segarcea, Sadova, Dăbuleni, Bechet, Banu-Maracine, Bradesti, Brabova,
Plenita, Calafat Vineyard - Poiana Mare and Cetate wine centres);
Hunting and Fishing - meadow landscapes contiguous to the Danube, with patches of forest, dunes, pools of
water that lure sport anglers; lakes remaining after hydro-ameliorative works (Maglavit, Ciuperceni),
representing a real potential for sport fishing or recreation; fish potential from lakes and rivers;
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LOCAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Promoting cultural objectives and capitalising the traditions, crafts and ethno-folk customs as a tourist product;
Making viable and designing the Debarcader - Bascov - Calafat area for tourism; Two major areas are the
local potential in this respect: the Ostrovu Mare area (landscape values) proposed to be extended through the
development of a recreation area with specific facilities in the east part of the town (through the dismantling
and relocation of the industrial units and premises) and the Bascov area, proposed to be developed by
approvals and compatible constructions;
The revitalization of routes supported by buildings with architectural-urban value will be underlined (in this
respect specific programs of restoration, renovation and rehabilitation of valuable monuments will be
implemented) ;
The development in the west of Calafat of an area for leisure, recreation and tourism through buildings and
specific facilities, taking into account the unstable nature of the land subjected to natural hazards of flooding.
Currently the area is occupied by productive premises or warehouses for which dismantling and relocation are
proposed in other compatible areas, reserved for this purpose.
The local administrations are interested in attracting some investors for creating, developing, modernising the
tourism infrastructure in view of capitalising the natural tourist resources and improving the quality of the
tourist services, supporting the creation of guesthouses, motels, holiday homes, hotels, restaurants with local
specific, hunting and fishing centres, camps and sport cantonments, camping, summer sport basis, etc.
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BEST PRACTICES IN PILOT AREA
Cultural Harbour “La Cetate "- is on the
Danube River, 2 km from the village Cetate and 18
km from Calafat. It is famous for its sculpture
camps organized in recent years. Also, the
complex has a "Neolithic“ corner , where you can
eat fresh organic food and you can participate
directly to the creation of Cucuteni culture pots.
Cultural port Cetate is the cultural center of
the Foundation for Poetry "Mircea Dinescu."
Cultural Centre can provide accommodation and
comfort for 16 guests at any time of year. Besides
leisure in a natural setting, guests can dine in the
restaurant in the complex.
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Cetate
Calafat
Maglavit
Ciuperceni
Poiana Mare
Desa
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The National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism: Aştefănoaiei Roxana, Cristi Frenţ, Doru
Tudorache, Alina Cârlogea, Camelia Surugiu, Alina Niculescu, Mioara Pavel, Adriana Radu, Simon Tamara
The National Institute for Research and Development URBANPROIECT: Elena Stancu, Amelia Cazacu,
Mariana Dorobantu, Georgiana Toth, Cristina Burtea, Roxana Simionescu, Lidia Florescu, Cristina Ivana
(grafics), Ancuta Gheoldea.
Collaborators - Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism: Teofil Gherca, Liviu Bailesteanu, Ana Muica,
Cristina Dediu
Thank you!
Astefănoaiei Roxana