NTOURISM chiefs are exporting skills to Transylvania.

Lowton's Bill Hampson, who has vast experience of the country, thanks to his years of charity work with Lowton Churches for Romania, is on the team invited to deliver a programme of training courses and seminars at hotels and attractions in the mountain resort of Sinaia and in the capital Bucharest.

Bill, who is the Epiphany Trust chief executive and a Wigan Leisure and Culture Trustee, will be joining members of the Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust and the North West Tourist Board for next week's trip .

The visit is funded by the Hilton in the Community Foundation.