Two years ago, Ciprian Enea (35) left the company he had founded in 2001 in the hands of his new business partner and left on a very long trip. For over a yearís time he travelled from the Taj Mahal to East Timor and from Nicaragua to Argentina. It was worth the effort, says Enea, because today he owns together with his partner Giani Holban (33) the first travel website in Romania with user-generated content. TVTravel.ro gathers hundreds of short films made during Eneaís travels, as well as of the over 100 users that have already signed up with the website.

The investment that went into releasing the first Youtube for travel buffs onto the market amounted to around 250,000 euros, of which only 100,000 euros were spent on developing and actually launching the website. The rest of the money -150,000 euros - covered Eneaís travels and came in equal share from his own resources and from a partnership with travel agency Prestige Tours, held by businessman Mircea Vladu. This year another 75,000 euros will be invested in development and in the next round of travels that Enea will embark on, this time to Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea and Taiwan. However, the two founders say they will not see a profit from revenues collected by TVTravel.ro in the next two years.

Traducere de Loredana Fratila-Cristescu si Daniela Stoican