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Tibori, Zoltán Szabó
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Count Dracula as a tourist attraction
Count Dracula, the most famous vampire in literary history and the creation of the Irish novelist Bram Stoker, was named after the notoriously cruel General Vlad III Draculea (1431-1476). Many Americans travel half the world to visit the ancient Bran Castle, which stands surrounded by fog in the Romanian region of Wallachia. The newspaper's Romania correspondent Zoltán Tibori Szabó reports: "A narrow, dark stairway leads to the castle's dungeons. Some tourists swear that they were touched by ghosts on the way down. The local children like to play the role of 'ghosts', the bus driver tells us. In the middle of the family crypt the Count, who reputedly fed on blood, lies in his coffin. Suddenly the master of the house sits up. All these props are the product of the Dracula industry which has surged as the result of the tourism boom. The tourists have got what they wanted for their money and run back upstairs in a panic, where a feast of sausages awaits them."
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More from the press review on the subject » Architecture / Cities, » History, » U.S., » Romania
Romanian workers in the EU
Western European countries estimate that around four million Romanians currently work – legally or illegally – in the EU, many of them in Hungary. Like several other EU states, Hungary is now considering introducing provisional regulations for Romanian workers to prevent a massive influx. Zoltan Szabo Tibori comments: "Romanian workers are qualified and willing to do much more overtime than other Europeans. They are even more hard-working than the Polish, and top the list in this respect. Most Western European countries fear that once Romania has joined, even more Romanian workers will pour into Western Europe. However experts say these fears are unfounded, and that those who wanted to come to the West did so long ago."
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