Disband the Romanian Tourism Ministry

by Craig Turp on October 13, 2009 · 6 comments

Romania’s Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, the woman who brought the world The Land of Choice, was kicked out of office today after Romania’s government lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. We will miss her.

Elena Udrea was not entirely without her assets

While Udrea’s 10 months in office were arguably little short of a total disaster, in that regard she was neither better nor worse than any other Romanian Tourism Minister of the past two decades. (In fact, she was better than some). She will of course forever be remembered for the pathetic slogan and song she chose to sell Romania with abroad, and it is to be hoped that whoever takes over will abandon the whole Land of Choice campaign.

What we genuinely hope for, however, is that the Ministry of Tourism will simply be disbanded. As we said not a month ago, hand its budget over to the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), the one organisation which has consistently shown itself capable of genuinely promoting Romania and Romanian values abroad.

Tagged as: Elena Udrea, Land of Choice, Romanian Tourism, Travel in Romania

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1 mirabela brasov November 3, 2009 at 7:48 am

Basescu este cel mai rau politician si presedinte care l-a avut vreodata Romania.De 5 ani stie numai criza si scandal.e simplu …La Brasov Votam Mircea Geoana!

2 Geronimo October 14, 2009 at 11:11 am

@Fraser – don’t worry, I think he’s Amish

3 Parmalat October 14, 2009 at 7:26 am

I’m in the middle of the process of provoking a revolution. Stay tuned…

4 Craig Turp October 14, 2009 at 1:39 pm: What they going to make you prime minister @parmalat? I heardthey are bringing in a German. Not before time. If you want something to work, bring in the Germans.

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5 Davin Ellicson October 14, 2009 at 6:28 am