4 mar. 2008

Romania - No Reservations


Predictably, a lot of people either hated--or were deeply offended by--the Romania show. Most, I gather, are either Romanian or have traveled to Romania and had a better time there than I did. Quite understandably, no one wants to see the host of a travel show having a bad time of it in their country, griping miserably about how things went wrong--and how utterly fucked up things were.

But the fact is:

Things WERE fucked up. My Russian pal, Zamir, who had helped make such good shows in Russia and Uzbekistan, was definitely NOT a good choice to show me around Romania. I think, if nothing else, we made that explicitly clear." by Anthony Bourdain....more here


Devastatorul episod despre Romania al celebrei emisiuni de turism „No Reservations“, difuzata de Travel Channel pe 26 februarie, a fost finantat cu 20.000 de dolari chiar de autoritatile romane. Ministerul pentru Intreprinderi Mici si Mijlocii, Comert, Turism si Profesii Liberale a platit pentru sejurul grupului de sase jurnalisti de la Travel Channel sositi din SUA si le-a organizat programul. Coordonatorul din Romania al lui Anthony Bourdain, celebrul prezentator al emisiunii, si al echipei sale a fost tot un oficial roman: Camelia Negoita, sefa Biroului de Turism al Romaniei din SUA "....continuare articol in COTIDIANUL

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