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Romanians returning home bolster carriers' turnovers

Autor: Mirabela Tiron

26.04.2011, 23:30 10

Road passenger carriers increased the number of coaches comingfrom Spain, Italy, as well as from Germany and Austria aroundEaster holidays, as part of the Romanians working abroad returnedhome.

"Romanians are connected to their country, and they returnhome on holidays. This year, around Easter, there were moreRomanians coming home from Spain, Italy and Germany than in thesame period of last year," said Ilie Carabulea, the wealthiestbusinessman in Sibiu, who controls Atlassib and several roadcarriers, as well as other businesses.

Carabulea maintains that so far in April almost 47,000 Romanianshave been transported to and from Romania, up 15% from the samemonth of 2010.

Dragoş Anastasiu, owner of Eurolines company, in turn maintainsthat owing to Romanians returning home on Easter the number ofpassengers carried to Romania has almost doubled against a normalperiod.

"Romanians also sent more parcels during this year's Easterholidays than last year. Almost 30% more parcels were transported,"Carabulea stated.

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