A new important milestone on the path towards sustainable tourism: Harghita County has been awarded the recognised Green Destinations Silver Award, becoming the first region in Romania to be included on the international Green Destinations map.
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The Harghita Community Development Association (Visit Harghita) is looking for an applicant to attend the 2nd World Gastronomy Summit, which will take place in Manabí (Ecuador) between October 14–17, 2026.
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The Open Farm program, designed to showcase local producers, farms, and food processors, offers a new opportunity for anyone interested in gaining a closer understanding of the journey of local food, everyday rural life, and the values of sustainable agriculture.
On May 26, the Harghita ...
The sustainable tourism strategy and action plan for Harghita County has been completed, providing a comprehensive framework for the future development of tourism in the region.
The document is based on a detailed situational analysis and defines the main directions and interventions across ...
The Visitor Management Plan for Harghita County for the period 2026–2029 has been completed, providing a unified framework for the responsible and sustainable management of visitor flows across tourism destinations.
The document aims to define clear directions for managing pressure on ...
The 2025 Sustainability Report of Harghita County has been completed, providing a comprehensive overview of the region’s tourism and environmental conditions, as well as outlining the development directions for the coming years.
The document is a situational assessment that evaluates the ...
The tourism offering of Harghita County between 2023 and 2025 shows an overall favorable picture across the main online review platforms. Based on reviews from Google, Tripadvisor, Booking, Szállás.hu, and Romanian-language opinion sites, the county’s strongest ...
On March 19, 2026, the ECOSUSTAIN kick-off meeting took place in Athens (Greece). During the meeting, the Icelandic, Greek, and Romanian partners placed special emphasis on identifying green skills related to ecotourism, as well as reviewing the research results. In addition, they discussed the ...
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Partnership opportunities and initiatives aimed at strengthening local gastronomic values were presented at a press conference organized by Harghita County Council on February 24, 2026, at the Hungaro Residence Restaurant in Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda, as part of the preparation process ...
We participated in the 48th Travel+ Exhibition, which took place between February 19–22 at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center.
At the Székelyföld (Szeklerland) stand – in collaboration with the tourism associations of Covasna and Mureș counties – we once again ...
The “Map of Harghita County’s Flavours” survey was completed with 386 respondents, exploring the county’s gastronomic heritage and current eating habits as part of preparations for the 2027 European Region of Gastronomy title. The results reflect ...
In 2025, tourism in Harghita County showed a stable and solid performance. During the year, a total of 184,120 tourists arrived in the county, spending more than 400,000 overnight stays in local accommodation establishments. The ...
The Harghita Community Development Association (Visit Harghita) has launched its latest survey aimed at exploring what authentic Harghita flavors mean to local residents and visitors alike. The questions focus on the role of flavors, ingredients, and traditional dishes in the region’s culture ...
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Harghita County continues to strengthen its position as a family-friendly destination, with an increasing number of certified tourism providers welcoming visitors. This year, 37 tourism service providers received the Visit Harghita – Family-friendly certification on Saturday, October 11, at the ...
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A Food Savers projekt keretében 6 fő számára hirdetünk szakmai tanulmányutat Dél-Tirolba, amelyre étteremtulajdonosok és vendéglátóhely-üzemeltetők jelentkezését várjuk.
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Let's keep the heart of the Salt Region alive!
The loss of access to the Praid Salt Mine has delivered a major blow not only to the local community but to the entire region’s ...
A parajdi sóbányát ért katasztrófa következtében a térség egyik legfontosabb turisztikai vonzereje vált elérhetetlenné. Ebben a kihívásokkal teli időszakban különösen fontos, hogy közösen keressük azokat az új irányokat és lehetőségeket, ...
Harghita County will bear the title of European Region of Gastronomy in 2027, an award that recognizes communities which, through cooperation, place special emphasis on their gastronomic heritage in the spirit of sustainable development. In this context, and in light of recent events, Harghita ...
Remote internships can sometimes raise uncertainties among both students and business owners. Employers might have concerns about communication effectiveness, trustworthiness due to the lack of in-person supervision, and the time investment ...
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On the last weekend of March, a truly unique concept came to life: the Taste of Transylvania team organized the very first Taste of Transylvania Underground deep within the Salt Mine of Praid/Parajd, and we were proud to be one of the partners. The three-day event, held between March 28 and 30, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
The President of Harghita County Council, Barna-Botond Bíró, officially received the title of European Region of Gastronomy 2027 on 6 February 2025, following the decision of the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT). The ...
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 ...
In 2024, tourism in Harghita County continued to show stable performance. Throughout the year, a total of 220,772 tourists arrived in the county, spending 504,526 overnight stays in local accommodation units.
The peak of the tourist season was clearly ...
In 2027, Harghita County will hold the title of European Region of Gastronomy, following the official decision of IGCAT (International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism). The award will be presented during a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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.
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Harghita County has been recommended to become the European Region of Gastronomy in 2027. Dr. Diane Dodd, President of IGCAT (International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism) and founder of the World Region of Gastronomy Award, announced the decision on behalf of the ...
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 ...
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
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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On September 4, our team held a presentation in Satu Mare/Máréfalva on the topic of classifying tourist accommodations. The aim of the event was to provide tourism stakeholders with insights into the possibilities of operating officially classified accommodations.
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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 ...
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.
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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.
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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 ...
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.
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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, ...
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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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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In 2023, tourism continued to strengthen in Harghita County. During the year, a total of 223,072 tourists arrived in the county, spending 523,791 overnight stays in local accommodation establishments.
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In 2022, tourism in Harghita County showed a significant recovery, after the pandemic had strongly reduced visitor numbers in previous years. During the year, 201,450 tourists arrived in the county, spending a total of 443,704 overnight ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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2019. szeptember 27-én a turizmus világnapja alkalmából indította el a Ferenc ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Between 21.-24. February the three Székely counties (Kovászna/Covasna, Hargita/Hargitha and Maros/Mureș) popularized together – with joint ...
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