Preparations for the 1st May mini-holiday
Tens of thousands of tourists are expected to attend the festivals “Beach, Please, Sunwaves and Grill Fest, staged in the seaside resorts of Costineşti, Mamaia and Constanţa during the 1st May mini-holiday
Corina Cristea, 28.04.2023, 14:00
The Romanians are ready to make the most of the May 1st mini-holiday and event organizers arent going to let them down this time with over 400 festivals, concerts, fairs and sporting events being prepared as we speak. Most of them on the Black Sea coast where over 70 thousand tourists are expected to arrive this weekend.
According to the latest meteorological reports, the weather on the seaside is going to be pretty fair with sunny days, a little bit of wind and highs ranging between 15 and 18 degrees centigrade. But the weather isnt going to be an impediment for the tens of thousands of young people who will be attending the festivals staged in several seaside resorts, such as Costineşti, Mamaia and Constanţa.
According to employers organizations, 50 thousand tickets have been purchased for the “Beach, Please” festival in the resort of Costinesti, which involves the participation of 100 artists. Over 10 thousand tourists, including citizens from Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the USA are expected to the electronic music festival “Sunwaves Mamaia”, while in Constanţa tourists are welcomed at “Grill Fest” – the latest barbeque-music experience in Romania, which brings together the best-known chefs, the most relevant brands in Romanias meat industry as well as some of the most important artists in the Romanian showbiz.
The police have cautioned that the festivals and many other events announced in clubs and various restaurants on the seaside will also be good opportunities for drug dealers and users. The police are ready for these events but have made an appeal to young people and their parents explaining that drug dealers have already formed groups on social platforms, which have brought together thousand of members.
According to sources with the Interior Ministry, 24 thousand policemen, gendarmes and firefighters are ready to intervene for the good functioning of the numerous events scheduled to take place during this mini-holiday.
Furthermore, anti-drug police units are going to kick off an information campaign aimed at keeping people abreast of drug abuse consequences and ways of preventing human trafficking.
On the other hand, the inhabitants of Bucharest will these days be able to walk through the city center undisturbed by the road traffic as part of a project entitled Open Streets – Bucharest, Urban Promenade.
Until October 8th, streets in downtown Bucharest will become exclusively pedestrian areas hosting numerous events jointly with theatres, cultural institutions and artists. The city of Cluj, in western Romania, is these days seeing a series of events including an exhibition of astrophotography, a book fair as well as events for the little ones. Barbeque parties, however, remain one of the most common ways of celebrating May 1st in Romania.
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