On March 27, during the quarterly meeting of the Tourism Advisory Council, FIHR – Romanian Hotel Industry Federation was present through Ms. Simona Constantinescu – President of FIHR & CCT and Ms. Laura Elly Naghi, Executive Director of FIHR. On this occasion, a series of normative acts were debated, the discussions focusing on the finalization of legislative projects under public debate, very important for the industry, namely:

• Acts that legislate the functioning of local OMDs (PLx 50/2024)
• Digitalization in tourism through the development of the Tourism Information System – SIT and the elaboration of
  Norms regarding access, registration and protection of tourists in tourist reception structures (amending and supplementing Government Decision 237/2001)
• Amendments to Government Decision 1267/2010
• Methodological norms regarding the granting of holiday vouchers (amendments to Government Decision 215/2009)

At the same time, it was agreed with Minister Bogdan Ivan and representatives of the Tourism Directorate within MEDAT to resume debates on the criteria for classifying tourist structures (Order 65/2013) and the legislation regarding
operationalization of the national MDG.

The discussions also included aspects regarding:

• Financing participation in international tourism fairs through multi-annual budgets
• Inefficiency of ANPC good practice guides due to outdated reference legislation
• Transposition of EU regulations on STR and reporting by online platforms of accommodations booked through them