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Culture Minister Bogdan Gheorghiu said on Tuesday in Sinaia, that the Peles Museum is an emblematic Romanian culture heritage site, pointing out that it is the museum that draws the highest revenues in the country. "It was very important to open the Peles Museum. (...) The Peles Museum (...) lives exclusively from its own revenues. It draws the highest museum revenues in the country.

Romanian tourism is on the rise by approximately 10 pct in 2017 according to official data, and the overall number of tourists choosing Romania as destination is estimated to exceed 12 million this year, a figure which hasn't been achieved since 1990, Deputy Chairman of Romania's National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) Adrian Voican said.

The picturesque mountain resort of Sinaia will host this Sunday its first World Snow Day celebration, with the event including free ski lessons for children, prize contests and educational activities with and about snow.

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The 2014-2015 skiing season officially opens in Predeal on the Clabucet ski slope on Saturday, the city's mayor, Liviu Cocos, told AGERPRES.

The Royal House of Romania on Tuesday released a schedule of events to be held in Bucharest and Sinaia, October 23-30, to celebrate King Mihai I's 93rd birth anniversary.

The series of events starts on Thursday, October 23, with a decoration ceremony, followed by a reception at Peles Palace in Sinaia.

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The majority of the Romanians making online booking for their holidays chose Romania as their summer destination this year, with the mountain resorts being preferred by tourists nationwide, and the Black Sea resorts by the Bucharest residents, shows a study of the HotelGuru.ro booking platform sent to AGERPRES on Thursday.