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Rural Revival

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3. The Tourist Potential

Despite beautiful scenery, fine ski slopes and low prices, tourism is only just getting started in rural Romania. Select five likely reasons from statements (a)–(n) below:


a. Excellent airports near every large city
b. Everyone already employed in well-paid jobs
c. Very little accommodation for tourists
d. Too few people trained in hospitality and leisure industries
e. Too few Romanians speak Portuguese
f. Until 1989, most trips in and out of Romania were forbidden
g. Few modern airports
h. Very few ski lifts and ski runs in the mountains
i. Norway already has a successful skiing leisure industry
j. Poor road network, especially in the countryside
k. The summers are even hotter in the Sahara
l. Poor rail and bus network across Romania
m. Russians prefer to take holidays in Poland
n. Most of the countries with rich tourists know very little about Romania