Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania feature among the European countries that offer inexpensive tourism opportunities and attract tourists.

Pittsburgh’s Post-Gazette daily reported that these and other ex-communist countries attracted tourists now that the weak dollar and the strong euro caused sufficient increase in prices in Italy and France.

People wanting to escape from the $5 cups of coffee and the hordes of tourists should visit these East European countries, the report said.

Yet many East European countries have not adopted the euro and one has to switch currencies when entering the country. Unlike years ago, many of these countries have sufficient number of ATM machines and many hotels and shops accept credit cards.

Another advantage of East European countries is the appearance of low-cost air carriers on the local aviation markets.

Europeans preferred Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and Montenegro instead of the expensive Italian resorts, the report said.