Romania and Bulgaria: possibly the cheapest winter holiday season 2009/2010

The ski resorts of Bulgaria and Romania are recognized by the British edition of the Daily Mail to be the cheapest places for winter recreation in Eastern Europe in the season 2009/2010. The Daily Mail has published the results of monitoring the world's leading ski resorts of the world and Europe. Such resorts as Borovets in Bulgaria and Pojana Brasov in Romania were among the cheapest ski areas, which are recommended by the British newspaper for the winter holidays.

Despite the rising of prices at the world ski resorts, Romania and Bulgaria managed to retain the status of regions with the most advantageous offers for winter tourism. In general, prices at the ski resort of Borovets in Bulgaria will rise in the 2009-2010 winter season for about 4%, the prices at the resort Poiana Brasov in Romania will increase by 14%.

Poiana Brasov, according to the Daily Mail data, remains the cheapest ski resort not only in Romania, but also throughout Eastern Europe. The average cost of a week holiday at the resort Poiana Brasov according to preliminary estimates will be about 210 euros per person and this includes renting ski equipment, lunch for two and drinks and free lift services. Borovets in Bulgaria is the second reasonable offer. Here the cost of a week holiday with the same parameters will cost 275 euros. A third country, which is recognized as the most advantageous place for winter holidays is Slovakia. The High Tatras - local ski region that is famous for such resorts as Smokovec, Strbske Pleso and Poprad - holds the third place; it will cost you 290 euros per week for these services.

Today Poiana Brasov is the most famous ski resort in Romania. Each year for a winter holiday in Romania here come thousands of tourists here from Russia, Ukraine, Poland and other countries. In Poiana Brasov today you can find about 40 hotels of different level of service. Borovets is the third most popular ski resort in Bulgaria after Bansko and Pamporovo.