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Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica, 2011
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An analysis of some recent statistics of the Romanian tourism
Jurnal of Tourism, no. 11 /2011, pp. 38-44, 2011
One studies the evolution in time of some indicators that are representative for the touristic activity in Romania during 2000 – 2009, as well as correlations between them, these being: the number of arrivals and of overnights in the tourism structures with accomodation functions, as well as the number of tourism structures and their accomodation capacity, separately for foreign and Romanian visitors, as well as for different tourism destinations. All these indicators were extracted from the database of the National Institute of Statistics. Generally, an increase in time of the number of tourists is found, but also a certain decrease during the last two-three years, except for some groups of destinations which show a rather peculiar and interesting dynamics. Thus, the tourism in the resorts of the seaside area have registered an accentuated decrease during the last four years, especially for the foreign tourists, that reflects a change in their options. On the other hand, the tourism for the category of destination ―other localities and touristic routes (which excludes the resorts of the spa, seaside, and mountain areas, as well as the city of Bucharest and all the county capital cities) has shown a remarkable growth during the whole considered time interval, indicating an increase of the interest of the tourists (both Romanians and foreigners) for the cultural and rural tourism.
Sustainable Tourism in Romania: Tendencies, Opportunities and Threats (coautor)
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Tourism represents one of the fast-developing sectors in Europe. The economic, political and demographic changes indicate that the proportion of common expenses for tourism is increasing fast, but the political measures for promoting long-term tourism advance slowly. It is well known that there is a tight interdependence between the global economic growth, the structure of economy, the use of natural resources and the changes in the environment. The economic activities using natural resources modify the environment; moreover, the nature of this change also determines the way in which these activities will take place in the future. People's welfare results not only from economic activities, but also from the joy the environment, in its broadest sense, can generate. As a distinct sub-field of economy, tourism develops in complex and very diverse forms. Therefore, tourism became a growing burden for the environment because of the use of water, soil and energy, of the development of the infrastructure, of buildings and facilities, because of pollution and waste, of soil fragmentation and the increase of the number of secondary residences. In some popular destinations, these pressures have caused a severe degradation of the local environment, which in its turn affects the tourist interest of these places. Some countries that used to be little visited in the past, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, such as Romania, are becoming more and more attractive due to their economic transition and opening of borders, which provides them with huge potential for the development of tourism. The holiday spending model changes, as pauses are shorter and people travel more often for shorter stays, and visit places that are more remote from their home. The price of trips continues to lower, and at the same time the tourism quota in common expenses grows. This should not make us forget, as Norbert Suchanek says, that there are three tourist tendencies extremely dangerous for the environment and for the social and economic situation in the developing countries that have expanded, that is, an increase in the number of plane travelers, of all-inclusive holidays and of cruises. Tourist experience has proved, in time, that irrespective of the type of tourism practiced, in general there result a series of impacts felt both by the society and at the level of the natural environment. The development of tourism in a certain area must not affect however the socio-economic interests of the resident population, nor those of the environment an, especially, of the natural resources that represent the main attraction, together with historic and cultural sites. Long-term development of tourism is especially apparent in the following three important fields: economy, ecology and society and culture. Long-term tourism can be implemented with tourist development, which must be supported under an ecological aspect, viable and profitable from an economic point of view, and balanced from an ethical and social point of view for the local population. Keywords: long-term tourism, tourist development, tourist tendencies, ethics In this context, we aim in this paper to identify the tendencies manifested through opportunities and threats for long-term tourism in Romania, considering that numerous supporting and financing actions for tourism are the focus of Europe and the entire world.
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