TOURISM IN MOLDAVIAN SSR: A PERSPECTIVE OF THE TOURISTS FROM ROMANIAN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC (1968-1978)

Abstract

Bilateral relations between Chisinau and Bucharest after the Second World War have been quite difficult. We must say that a first step in this regard was the development of touristic relations between those two during ‘60s. In 1964 Department for External Tourism has started its activity as part of The Council of Ministers of the Moldavian SSR and handled directly the accomodation and services for international tourists visiting Moldavian SSR or tourist going abroad.

The main activity of the Department was to accomodate tourists from Romanian Socialist Republic although in their reports you also can find information about other international tourists. Presenting the number of the Romanian tourists visiting Kishinev as being influenced by the relationship between Bucharest and Moscow might facilitate the understanding of the tourists’ number fluctuations in “60s and ‘70s.