You know that usually people don't know the places where they live very well. That in the first place. Second, yes, the neighbors are too close, let's explore further places first. We can always skip to the neighbors, just like that, quickly and easily. They are at your fingertips. And as we speak, there may never actually be time left for these neighboring countries. Sometimes there is no time even for one's own country. (While there are actually people who do the exact opposite - travel almost exclusively within their own country, possibly to a neighbor once.)
Being the first type of person, I wouldn't have thought of traveling to Romania either, 😄 but I went there once, taken by another person, and I was fascinated! After all, there is so much to see, discover and explore in any country, near or far. Regardless of our attitudes on the matter.