holidays

About 35% of Romanians polled by website ivox.ro said they can spend EUR300 to EUR500 this year on holidays, while 19.37% said their 2011 holiday budget ranges between EUR500 and EUR1,000.

Most Romanians will spend this year's winter holidays at home, with family or friends, and almost half of them will save up for this period in advance, though their budget is significantly smaller than last year's, says a survey by MEDNET.

Over 50% of Romanians living in urban areas are set to spend less for this year’s winter holidays, compared with 2008, citing the economic crisis which affected their budget, according to the most recent survey by Mednet Marketing Research Center.

Women’s Day and Men’s Day could become legal holidays in Romania according to a draft law based on a citizens’ initiative to declare May 5 Men’s Day and for both days to be considered legal holidays.