DÂMBOVIŢA COUNTY COUNCIL HOLYDAYS IN THE BUCEGI MOUNTAINS PADINA – PEŞTERA RESORT ONE HEAVEN ! HALF GREEN, HALF WHITE ! LOCATION Situated at north from Bucharest, Dambovita County lies in the central- southern part of Romania, covering almost 1.7 percent of the surface of the Country, home for 541,000 inhabitants. The urban population is about 33 percent from the total number of inhabitants. ADMINISTRATIVE LOCATION Dambovita County is included in the South-Muntenia Region that is situated in the south-east of Europe and the south of Romania, near six other counties: Arges, Calarasi, Giurgiu, Ialomita, Prahova, and Teleorman. This region is mainly industrially developed, with 3 million people and enjoys a special location because Bucharest, the Capital of Romania, lies in the centre of a Region with 4 million citizens. IZOCHRONUS IN 90 MINUTES The mountains area of the Dambovita County is easily accessible for about 6 million people. DÂMBOVIŢA COUNTY COUNCIL The County administration intends to complete in the beginning two winter sports resorts, the Pestera and the Padina which, by subsequent developments, will merge. The County administration also intends to create two satelllite centres into the most interesting points of the area: Babele, Cocora, Vanturis, Curmatura, Lăptici. The Peştera Hotel The Padina Chalet OPPORTUNITIES • Increasing the tourism volume in Romania’s GDP • Increasing the standard of life in the past few years has increased the interest to spend the holidays in different ways (about 40,000 Romanian tourists spend at least 100 millions Euros on winter destinations) • Supplementing the possibilities and existing capacities in the Prahova Valley and Poiana Brasov resorts to cover the demand upon European standards with regard to waiting time, amount, variety and length of tracks • The existence of new investors with experience in tourism • Tourism operators can provide tourist opportunities in Romania on the current markets in competition with other European destinations • Organizing in Romania the ‘Goodwill Games’, in 2013, before the Olympic winter games • Opportunities of developing ecological tourism and health centres • The existence of the programmes financed by European funds UNIQUE TOURISM POTENTIAL IN ROMANIA Targoviste and its historical monuments Brasov and the villages next to the Bran area The Bran Castle and Rasnov Resorts on Prahova Valley, Predeal and Poiana Brasov AREAS WITH MAJOR TOURIST POTENTIAL The biggest part of the mountains area in Dambovita (almost 16,334 hectares) comes from the Bucegi Natural Park and represents almost 51 percent of its surface. It is the greatest opportunity for Dambovita County to develop opportunities to build a resort for winter sports (Pestera -Padina) and another one (Leaota). Padina - Pestera will be a resort for eco-tourism due to the supply of green energy (sun and wind), bio food, transport and environment protection. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT – PROTECTED AREA “SFINXUL” THE SPHINX “BABELE” THE OLD WOMEN UNIQUE TOURISM POTENTIAL IN ROMANIA Babele ( The Old Women) and the Sphinx The Ialomicioara Cave The Orzei, Tatarului and Zanoaga Channels The Pestera Monastery The Bolboci Lake Chalets in Bucegi NATURAL ENVIRONMENT – PROTECTED AREA In this area there are a number of 10 natural reservations established under Law No. 5 in 2000, where we can find protected species of plants: the edelweiss, the smirdar, the bellflower campanula, the wild orchid, etc. and animals such as the black goat, the mountains cock, the brown bear, the wild cat, the Carpathian stag. SKI POTENTIAL The priceless jewel of the Bucegi Mountains is their special ski potential. If Romania organizes any competition like ‘ The Winter Olympics’, this will be the only place in the Country where there have been identified small distances, of maximum 12 km, suitable for ski tracks and facilities which could be homologated by international federations. Only for mountain skiing, tracks of different degrees of difficulty of about 56.1 kilometers can be validated; two tracks of them have Olympic features. It may consider the idea, agreed by the Romanian Olympic Committee, National Agency for Sports and the Romanian Federation of ski-bob and skating to create the Olympic National Centre for Winter Sports. AND SUMMER SPORT . AND SUMMER SPORT - Monsterroller - Facilities for all seasons sledging - Nordic Walking Courses STRONG POINTS FOR DEVELOPMENT Climate conditions for maintaining the snow until May Unique tourist area, developed and connected to the National Roads Pitesti-Brasov (DN7) and Bucharest-Brasov (DN1) Rapid access on railway, highway, and national roads; proximity to the “Henri Coanda” and Baneasa Airports in Bucharest Various tracks and different heights Isochronous in 90 minutes of transport for about 6 million people and the possibility to develop the access for four axes (by car and by cable) Tourist area unspoiled by the chaotic urban development Developing complementary activities in summer, sustained by people who come very often in the Bucegi Plateau (Padina, a Romanian brand) and a special natural environment PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION • Master Plan of THE Ministry of Tourism "Super Ski in the Carpathians Mountains", 2006 • Urban Area Planning PADINA-PEŞTERA – 2008 • Feasibility studies ready to be financed: - ‘Developing the infrastructure in the high mountains area of the County’ 2008 - ‘Sports facilities at Olympic standards’ – 2008 - ‘Subcarpatica’ - 2008 (Breaza - Fieni - Malu cu Flori) - ‘The South Road’ - 2007 (Dobra - Potlogi - A1) - ‘The Crest Road’ - 2007 (DN71- Dichiu- Babele) - ‘Mountains Road’ - (Moroieni - Moeciu de Sus) - 2009 - ‘Infrastructure for ski tracks and facilities’ (4 slopes at Padina) - 2009 - ‘Sports Resort’ – Padina, 2009 URBAN AREA PLANNING PADINA - PEŞTERA At present, 3,500 places for accommodation are being intended for the Padina Resort, and also restaurants for around 6,000 persons, as this resort is being endowed with jumping boards, ski tracks, lathes, poursuite, biathlon polygon, hockey rink, shorttrack and artistic, skating rink for speed trial, bobsleighs. Most of the trade opportunities have been foreseen foe this area. URBAN AREA PLANNING PADINA - PEŞTERA We think that the Pestera Resort will provide accommodation for 1,200 persons and meals for around 2,000 persons by hotels of 480 places each one. At present, there are a sports ground at the Pestera Resort, situated at 1,650 ms altitude (a record in the country), a cable car, and a 3 stars hotel providing accommodation for about 120 persons. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN HIGH MOUNTAIN AREA OF DAMBOVITA COUNTY •Chalets of interest: Podu cu Florile, the Bucsa saddle, the Dichiu saddle •Tourist shelters: the Batrana saddle •Camping areas: Pestera and Zanoaga •The Mountain Rescue Team’s headquarters in the Zanoaga area •Heliport in the area of the Pestera Mountain Rescue Team •Tourist routes - rehabilitation and extension •Tourist information points REHABILITATION PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTY ROADS IN THE AREA DN7, DN1 MOECIU DJ714 (Moroeni-Moeciu) 56,5Km Padina- Pestera DJ713 (DN71 -Dichiu-P.Arsă 16,3Km BUSTENI Subcarpatica 53,3 Km SINAIA Other roads Bucegi – PADINA PEŞTERA MOROENI DN - national road DJ - county road TRACKS SPECIFIED IN THE PROJECT TRACKS SPECIFIED IN THE PROJECT – Phase I COCORA PEŞTERA 3 DUDELE TĂTARU 1 2 4 PADINA • Length of traks: 1 - 800m; 2 - 2200m; 3 - 3400m; 4 - 3100m • Level differences: 1 – 230m; 2 – 408m; 3 – 373m; 4 – 490m; KEY ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS Opening the car access through roads Moroieni - Moeciu and Paduchiosu – Babele Developing facilities for cable transport of large capacity KEY ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS • Parking spaces for 1,000 cars minimum at each access point (3 hectares) and others (food stuffs, medical equipment, Mountain Rescue Team) • Existing facilities of water and snow plants, and retract, permanently allocated to each track • Various ski slopes (minimum 56.1 km, and homologated) with several degrees of difficulties (15 to 30 percent) and located at different altitudes between 1,500 and 2,200 m • Special ski slopes (snowboarding, school) and at least one track equipped with specific installation for nighttime INVESTMENTS PROPOSALS FOR THE PADINA - PEŞTERA AREA • Building of hotels, hostels, etc. for 3,500 places of medium category and luxury category at Padina (1 hotel of 5 stars, 1 hotel of 4 stars, 8 hotes of 3 stars, 6 hotes of 2 stars, and 5 minihotels of 2 stars, 4 chalets, 1 camping area). The total estimated budget of the project: 81,500,000 Euros • Building of hotels, hostels, etc. for 1,200 places of medium category and luxury category at Padina (1 hotel of 4 stars, 4 hotelsi of 3 stars, 3 hotels of 2 stars, 8 hostels of 3 stars, 3 chalets). The total estimated budget of the project: 28,000,000 Euros • Building of 2 skating rinks: a covered one at Peştera and a natural one at Padina. The total estimated budget of the project: 21,000,000 Euros • Providing of 2 jumping boards for ski at Padina, in the Tataru- Coteanu area The total estimated budget of the project: 9,000,000 Euros INVESTMENTS PROPOSALS FOR THE PADINA - PEŞTERA AREA •Providing of a ski track at Padina The total estimated budget of the project: 6,500,00 Euros • Providing cable transport facilities in the Pestera- Padina area - 16 cable railways (2 electric gondolas, 3 cable chairs, 11 cable ski) The total estimated budget of the project: 6,500,00 Euros • Modernizing of the existing ski tracks, Cocora and Babele The total estimated budget of the project: 2,760,000 Euros • Building of 2 covered swimming pools, with sauna facilities, gym rooms, fitness şi cosmetics rooms, bowling at Pestera and Padina The total estimated budget of the project: 2,690,000 Euros DÂMBOVIŢA COUNTY COUNCIL THANK YOU ! .