President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday in Miercurea Ciuc (Harghita County) that there is a backlog of infrastructure in the Harghita and Covasna counties, pointing out that it would be "a pity" for an area with such huge tourism potential to remain disconnected from the rest of the country.
The head of state said that Harghita and Covasna have a great development potential, especially for tourism, stating that the representatives of the local public authorities have to get even more involved in capitalizing on this sector.
"There are many sectors and fields of activity worth investing in. There are historic monuments that confer a special touch to the region, balneal and spa resorts of national importance, reserves of mineral waters worth exploiting, and many folkloric and ethnographic areas that must be preserved because they have a formidable capacity to attract Romanian and foreign tourists. It is a good sign that in 2016 the number of tourist arrivals was nearly double compared to 2015 but the share of foreign tourists is still well below the national average," Iohannis detailed.
The President stressed that the modernization of the road infrastructure is key to the development of urban and rural areas, but also for increasing tourist attractiveness and, in general, economic attractiveness of the region. "It would be a great pity for an area with such a high tourist potential to remain unconnected to the rest of the country," Iohannis pointed out.
The head of state said he is well aware of the economic and demographic realities of the area, as well as the dynamics of the labor resources, mentioning that a positive aspect that caught his attention was "the cluster-building capacity of the Harghita and Covasna counties", the local initiatives, the capacity for cooperation in key areas.
The President also welcomed "inter-community collaboration" in the area, showing that the successful community projects in Harghita and Covasna "confirm the essential importance of the local solutions the good of the whole country ultimately depends upon. "Only together we can build a prosperous Romania," he concluded.
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