The Living Transylvania Association was founded by a group of dynamic and energetic young people living in Miercurea-Ciuc and having one characteristic in common: their love and concern for Transylvania. The foundation of the association had been preceded by several cycling tours, which have been taking place since 2005. The aim of these cycling tours has been to get to know our living space and our inherited surroundings better.

The cycling tours have confirmed us in our belief that Transylvania is very colourful from cultural, touristic and gastronomical point of view. The aim of our association is to present this colourful and living Transylvania to other people as well, from native Romanians to foreigners, in order to make the life of Transylvania even more alive and dynamic.

Our main aim is to expand the touristic, gastronomical and cultural life of Transylvania because we strongly believe that this expansion can lead to the recovery of the Transylvanian economy.

The main activities of our association serve for the above mentioned aim :

1. The cycling tours help us not only to chart Transylvania but also to create an active and dynamic community, which respects Transylvania, has a healthy and environmentally friendly life style, and has as its aim the conscious use of the endowments of Transylvania for the development of the region.

2. The possibilities that lie behind the Transylvanian gastronomy have not yet been fully recognized. We would like to make the Transylvanian cuisine more popular by organizing different gastronomical programmes and by taking part in the Transylvanian gastronomical festivals and exhibitions.

3. We are planning to create a Transylvanian touristic and cultural web portal that would present the vividness and endowments of Transylvania, the touristic and cultural units of the region. The web portal would promote the Transylvanian catering establishments, programmes and would offer relevant information for those who want to visit Transylvania.

4. The touristic web portal also holds the possibilities of creating the virtual community of travellers, the members of which could help the efficiency of our activity by sharing their Transylvanian travelling experiences, reports, photos, videos, and so on.

5. The obtained amount of information and the established relationships will be used for the creation of a workshop that will deal with touristic consultation, the building of region brands and the forecast of the different kinds of touristic trends.

Our activity is based on the cooperation of such people and communities for whom the future of Transylvania is important. For the sake of our aims we welcome the cooperation offers and financial aids of individuals and communities as well.