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Romanian Tourism Fair 2025 (Spring edition)

Between  February 20-23 we have participated at the 51st Spring Tourism Fair (TTR) in Bucharest, where we represented Harghita County among with 6 co-exhibitors and four restaurants. At the stand which consisted of two parts, alongside the co-exhibitors, a unique show kitchen has been set up ...

47th Travel Exhibition

We participated in the 47th Travel+ Exhibition, which took place between February 20–23 at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center. The event attracted over 23,000 visitors.

At the Székelyföld (Szeklerland) stand – in collaboration with the tourism associations of Covasna ...

Visit Harghita at FITUR Madrid 2025

Between January 21–26, 2025, Visit Harghita participated in the 45th edition of the FITUR International Tourism Fair, organized by IFEMA Madrid, Spain’s most significant tourism event. Visit Harghita was present at the fair through the National Tourist Information and Promotion Centers of ...

Christian Gheorgheni/Gyergyó Conference

In partnership with the Municipality of Gheorgheni/Gyergyószentmiklós and the Gheorgheni/Gyergyószentmiklós Extension of Babeș–Bolyai University (UBB), we organized the first-ever Christian Gheorgheni/Gyergyó religious tourism conference on December 4. The event, hosted at the Csíky ...

ALDA training course

The Harghita County Council has been a member of the European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) since 2019.

Thanks to this membership, ALDA had the opportunity to organize a free training on EU project development and EU grant programs. The training covered general project development ...

IGCAT Young Chef Award 2024

Szász Kincső represented Harghita County, the candidate for the European Region of Gastronomy 2027 title, at the 2024 European Young Chef Award competition in Sicily.

Kincső’s competition dish, “A Taste of the Carpathian Forest,” was a reimagining of the Transylvanian venison stew, ...

Tourism Without Limits - ACCESSIBLE

On November 22, we participated in the closing event of the project ACCESSIBLE - The Development Of The Innovative Educational Method Of ACCESSIBLE Tourism In Central Europe, held at the Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda campus of Sapientia University. The central theme of the event was the ...

30th anniversary of the European Committee of the Regions

The Harghita County Council and the Municipality of Sfântu Gheorghe/Sepsiszentgyörgy represented themselves on November 20, 2024, in Brussels at the event organized to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR).

The aim of the meeting was to showcase ...

Az év úti célja 2025

The "Destinația Anului" (Destination of the Year) 2024 conference was held in Bucharest on 12 November, where the launch of the 2025 competition was announced. 

The event was attended by the winners of the 2024 competition, among others. Our association was represented by Szabó ...

Ecotourism Mini-Conference

On October 24, we participated in the Ecotourism Mini-Conference organized as part of the Tusnad EcoBear Fest, which focused on the central theme of coexistence with bears. 

Szabó Károly, the executive director of our association, presented the current tourism statistics of Harghita ...

Sabe App Presentation

On October 23, the SabeeApp and Stayhere.ro teams, in collaboration with the Harghita Community Development Association, held a presentation titled "Digital Management of Accommodation Units and Marketing Strategies." The event took place at the Hunguest Hotel Fenyő.

The event focused on ...

3rd Regional Tourism Conference

The tourism organizations of Mureș, Harghita, and Covasna counties organized the Regional Tourism Conference for the third time, held on October 16–17 at the Palace of Culture and Hotel Privo in Târgu Mureș/Marosvásárhely. This year’s main organizer was the Visit Mureș ...

14th Via Mariae Conference

Between October 11–13, 2024, the 14th Via Mariae Conference took place in Șumuleu Ciuc/Csíksomlyó under the theme “Year of Renewal.” The event was hosted at the Multifunctional Center of the Harghita County Directorate for Social and Child Protection.

The conference began on ...

Infotrip: The Year of Adrenaline

As part of the Year of Adrenaline, we organized an infotrip for journalists between September 30 and October 3, 2024.

The group gathered on the first day at the Ugron Castle in Filiaș/Fiatfalva, where they were welcomed with a traditional Szekler dinner enriched with local flavors. On ...

Via Mariae - 2024 September

  • On 3 September we organised a pilgrimage for the employees of the Harghita County Council. The pilgrimage on foot, the theme of which was renewal, took place on a 15 km route between Atia/Atyha and Praid/Parajd. 
  • On Saturday, 21 September 2024, between 9 am and 4 pm, the Mary's ...

World Tourism Day 2024

On the occasion of World Tourism Day, on September 27, we organized a professional conference in collaboration with the Hospitality and Tourism Patronage in Odorheiu Secuiesc

Active Szeklerland Conference

On September 21, 2024, the first-ever Active Szeklerland Conference was held at the Sepsi Arena in Sfântu Gheorghe/Sepsiszentgyörgy, focusing on movement, healthy eating, active leisure activities, active tourism, hiking, orienteering, and active aging.

Our association’s president, ...

IGCAT - Finland 2024

The Saimaa region in Finland holds the title of European Region of Gastronomy in 2024. It is a tradition for the members of the IGCAT platform to organize an annual meeting in the region awarded the title, and this year, our team was invited to participate as representatives of one of the newest ...

Taste of Transylvania 2024

The third edition of the Taste of Transylvania gastronomic festival was organized, and we were proud to be partners of this event. The festival aims to revive traditions that have faded over the centuries and to give new momentum to Transylvanian gastronomy. One of the unique aspects of the event ...

Armenian Art Festival

The 14th edition of the "Armenian Arts Festival" took place in Gheorgheni from September 6 to 8. Those interested could participate in numerous interesting and colorful events. Visit Harghita was a partner of the event and promoted it on online platforms.

Harghita Community Development ...

Consulting for the classification of accommodation units.

On September 4, representatives of the Harghita Community Development Association held a presentation in the commune of Satu Mare dedicated to the classification of tourist accommodation units, aimed at local actors in the tourism sector. The event aimed to provide participants with an ...

Shepherds

ADI Munții Harghita, in partnership with the Rural Development Association of Harghita County Council, organized the "Shepherds' Day" event for the second time this year on August 29. 

The event, hosted byKükiland ...

Via Mariae - 2024 August

  • The Via Mariae Association organized the "1 Úton" International Pilgrimage Day for the ninth time on August 10. Pilgrims from all over Transylvania and Partium joined the pilgrimage.
  • We participated in the 15th Hungarian Days in Cluj (22-24 August), where we promoted the Mária Út ...

Tusványos 2024

Szabó Károly, executive director of our association, participated as an invited guest in the panel discussion entitled "Emerging tourism destinations in Szeklerland" at the Transylvania Café tent in the framework of Tusványos 2024, organised between 23-28 July. 

In the festival ...

E-Bike Tour

At the initiative of ADI Hășmaș Mare, two of our colleagues participated in a one-day e-bike tour on 22 July 2024. 

The purpose of the tour was to map out the route that will be designated and developed for cycling tourists in the future. The approximately 30 km section stretches ...

Promotion in Hungary

On June 30, Zoltán Mucsi, recipient of the "Jászai Mari" Award, Hungarian Merit Artist, and perpetual member of the Company of the Immortals, arrived in Harghita County. He is the star of a promotional film produced by our partner Picture Lock for our Hungarian target group.

The ...

Policies and Best Practices in the Field of the Green Economy

I participated in the ORIGINN working group meeting on "Policies and Best Practices in the Field of the Green Economy," which took place on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Praid. This meeting brought together representatives from the National Agency for Mountain Areas, local administrative units, ...

Family-Friendly Harghita 2.0 - Infotrip

The promotion of family program options was the goal of the infotrip organized for Răzvan Pascu, a tourism marketing expert, and his family, from June 13 to 16. 

This time, the family visited the Insect Park in Băile Seiche/Szejkefürdő, the 'Babusgató' animal petting park in ...

Green, safe, and family-friendly tourist destination Harghita

This year, thirty-one family-friendly tourism operators received the Visit Harghita - Family-friendly certificate at the initiative's press conference on Friday, 14 June. The event was hosted by the Boróka Guesthouse in Văcărești/Csíkvacsárcsi.

The Family-friendly campaign was ...

Meeting with representatives from Valle d Aosta

President Csaba Borboly was accompanied by our colleague at the European Committee of the Regions seminar on June 12-13. On June 13, a meeting took place to discuss cooperation possibilities between the two regions—Harghita County and Valle d'Aosta. Among the topics discussed were the marketing ...

Tourism in the Szeklerland on the Path to Professionalization 2.0

A one-day conference on tourism development in the counties of Mureș, Harghita, and Covasna was organized on June 7 by the Visit Mureș Association, the Sapientia EMTE Faculty in Târgu Mureș, the Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Cluj-Napoca, and the Transylvania Bloom ...

IGCAT presentations in 2024

On February 13, we organized a gastronomic-themed meeting at Septimia Resort in Odorheiu Secuiesc. During the meeting, we presented to 22 tourism entrepreneurs the opportunities offered by the call for proposals for the European Region of Gastronomy. After the presentation, the participants ...

Tourism development workshop in Băile Tușnad

We organised a tourism workshop on Friday, 24 May from 11 am at Forest Lodge & Bowling in Băile Tușnad/Tusnádfürdő. At the event, the mayor of Băile Tușnad/Tusnádfürdő, Butyka Zsolt, presented the city's development plans, stressing the importance of boosting local ...

Harghita County Days 2024

The Harghita County Council, in collaboration with its sub-institutions and civil organizations, organized the Harghita County Days from May 8 to 20, 2024. As a partner of the event, we primarily contributed to promoting the programs and advertising the events on the Visit Harghita website and ...

Tourism Workshop in Gheorgheni

In cooperation with the Gheorgheni Branch of BBTE, we organised a tourism workshop on Tuesday 14 May from 13:00. The event addressed both students and professionals interested in tourism, providing an opportunity to discuss the development trends and challenges of the county.

Bíró Barna ...

Via Mariae - 2024 April

  • Discussions regarding the Pentecost pilgrimage in Şumuleu Ciuc/Csíksomlyó. Conducting interviews for the Cluj radio station.
  • Repainting signs, field surveys along the Mary's Way.
  • Repainting signs on sections shared with Via Transilvanica.
  • Europassio working session ...

10th IGCAT Experts Meeting

The 10th IGCAT Experts Meeting took place in Aseer (Saudi Arabia) from April 21-26, where Károly Szabó, the executive director of the association, participated as a judge in the "World Food Gift Challenge 2024" and represented Harghita County as a candidate for the title of European Region of ...

Tree planting

At the invitation of the Association for the Development of the Harghita Mountains, two of our colleagues participated in the sapling planting action organized within the "Trees for Life" initiative. The participants planted over 3,000 pine saplings on April 19th.

Harghita Community ...

GASTOUR – non-wood forest-based gastronomy and ecotourism

On April 18-19, the international conference "GASTOUR – non-wood forest-based gastronomy and ecotourism" was organized for the first time by "Bükki Kör" and Innotime Hungary, the representative of Green Destinations in Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. During the conference, Szabó Károly, the ...

Via Mariae - 2024 March

  • Starting March 4, Márton Ernő will take on the role of coordinator for Mary's Way.
  • Inspections and spring maintenance of the pilgrimage routes have begun. 
  • Pilgrimages to Șumuleu Ciuc/Csíksomlyó are already being organized for the 2024 Pentecost ...

Conference about the sustainability in the Hășmaș Mountains

The Hășmașul Mare Intercommunity Development Association organized a conference on Sustainability in the Hășmaș Mountains on March 7, 2024, at 11:00 AM, at Pensiunea Róka in Gheorgheni.
Károly Szabó, the executive director of the association, participated in a round table discussion ...

Tourism Meeting - Zetea/Zetelaka

At the request of the municipality of Zetea/Zetelaka, we attended a meeting on tourism on March 5. We discussed with the invited entrepreneurs and the representatives of the municipality about the introduction of a tourism tax and the classification of accommodation units. At the end of the ...

Plenary session 2024

On February 28, the annual general meeting of the Harghita Community Development Association (Visit Harghita) took place.

The vice president of the Harghita County Council and president of the Harghita Community Development Association, Bíró Barna Botond, welcomed the participants. He ...

46th Travel Exhibition

Between February 22-25, the 46th edition of theTravel Exhibition and the Budapest Boat Show took place, where we participated alongside the tourism associations from Covasna and Mureș counties. This four-day event hosted over 200 exhibitors and nearly 30,000 visitors.

Given that 2024 is ...

Via Mariae Conference 2024

On February 19, the Via Mariae Association and the Via Partium Pilgrims Association organized a joint conference in Máriapócs (Hungary). Transylvania was represented by thirteen people who also brought Visit Harghita brochures to promote Harghita County to the event ...

2024 Romanian Tourism fair (Spring edition)

Between February 14-18, 2024, I participated in the 47th edition of the Spring Tourism Fair (TTR) in Bucharest, where I represented Harghita County alongside 10 co-exhibitors in Pavilion B2 (Romexpo), at Stand 51 Visit Harghita. The main objective of participating in the tourism exhibition was to ...

Visit Harghita gastro calendar - 2022

This year's gastronomic photo competition is over! The 2022 Visit Harghita gastro calendar will soon be fresh out of the printing press. We are waiting a little to present it, because we are preparing for a surprise next year.

We have been sent beautiful pictures by eleven locations ...

Infotrip pentru reprezentanții agențiilor de turism

Perioada: 9-12 noiembrie, 2021
Grupul țintă: reprezentanții agențiilor de turism touroperatoare și intermediare
Obiectivul infotripului: valorificarea potențialului turistic al județului Harghita ca destinație turistică ...

IX. Szakrális Maraton

IX. Szakrális Maraton a Keresztény Értékekért és a Békéért!
II. Járjunk együtt a Béke Útján az Úz-völgyében
Gyalog és kerékpárral
Részvételi korhatár: 14 év
2021. augusztus 25., szerda

Gyalogos szakasz I.

Aklos (890 ...

Tisztázták a teraszok fogalmát

Raed Arafat ismertette, hogy milyen szabályok vonatkoznak azokra a teraszokra, amelyeknek oldalait különféle falakkal borították be.

Ahogy hűl az idő, néhány terasz, még ha egy étterem zárt terén kívül is van, szintén bezár. A meleg megtartásának érdekében a teraszokra ...

A vakációs jegyek felhaszálásával kapcsolatos tájékoztató

A vakációs jegyek kiállítását, forgalmazását és elszámolását a 215/2009 számú Kormányhatározat és változtatásai 940/2017 – 20.12.2017) szabályozzák.
Romániában a leginkább ajánlott, a Pénzügyminisztérium által engedélyezett, papír alapú/elektronikus vakációs ...

Segítünk egymáson!

Hargita megyében 315 ezer ember él, közülük pedig felfoghatatlanul sokan kiszolgáltatott helyzetben, egyedül próbálnak boldogulni ezekben a nehéz időkben. Az alábbi oldalt azért hoztuk létre, hogy segíthessünk ott, ahol erre a legnagyobb szükség van, hogy vigyázhassunk ...

Defend what’s Local

The coronavirus epidemic is having a serious impact on all of our lives. Businesses struggling to survive are no exception. You can help them now, too.

Harghita Business Center in Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely has launched the Buy / Defend what’s Local campaign, which aims to help ...

Harghita County is ranked fourth in the EDEN 2019 competition

 

 

The Ministry of Tourism launched a competition in this year too under the EDEN (European Destinations of Excellence) project with the theme of health and relaxation tourism. Harghita County ranked fourth as a tourist destination.

Initiated and supported by the ...

Fools’ Olympics won by Székely Titanic

The ninth Fools’ Olympics took place at Hargitafürdő/ Harghita-Băi last Saturday. The whole event – having competitions like “uphill wife-carrying” or “Helium declamation” contest – is based on the famous Székely humor, but no doubt that the most popular among all of them is the ...

Promoting Harghita County in Berlin and Moscow

 

The Harghita Community Development Association (ADI Harghita), created at the initiative of the Harghita County Council, and the Tourinfo Office in Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely took part in the Berlin Tourism Fair (ITB Berlin) on 6-10 March, where Harghita County's tourist ...