The first common Moldovan-Romanian route “Route of Voivode Stephan the Great and Holy in Romania and in the Republic of  Moldova” will be created by the end of 2018. This will go through 19 localities and five winegrowing areas and will offer the tourists a lesson of history and spirituality. The subject was discussed in a meeting of Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Kiril Gaburici and Romanian Minister of Tourism Bogdan Gheorghe Trif in Bucharest, IPN reports, quoting the Ministry of Economy.

The route will offer a lesson of history and spirituality through such tourist attractions as monasteries patronized and fortresses built by the Great Voivode, the underground caves that are over 500 years and are still kept and the museums that host exhibitions of artifacts dating from the time of Ruler Stephan the Great and Holy.

“I strongly believe that the “Tourist Route of Voivode Stephan the Great and Holy in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova” is an important step towards developing a competitive and sustainable tourism sector between our countries and will be a generator of economic growth and development of tourism on both sides of the Prut. I’m convinced that the tourists will discover many nice and picturesque places in our country and traditions of which Moldova is proud,” stated Kiril Gaburici.

The common tourist routes will be promoted at the Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe that will be staged by the Ministry of Tourism in Sibiu on October 2-4, 2019.

The winemaking and winegrowing sectors, vineyards and cellars were included in the “Tourist Route of Voivode Stephan the Great and Holy in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova” because Moldova in the Middle Ages was one of the most important regions that cultivated vine and made wine, with the vineyards being owned by the rulers of the country.

Á team of the Ministry of Tourism of Romania will pay a working visit to Chisinau to discuss areas of common interest and the future cooperation prospects.