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Volume XI | Supplement 1
Opportunities for the development of tourism in Letea River levee of the Danube Delta biosphere reserve
Abstract: At the level of the Delta rural areas dominate. The river levee is Letea – C. A. Rosetti locality and it is considered the most isolated settlement in Romania. Making a strategic tool for tourism development in the Rosetti locality from turning its entire natural and cultural heritage has proven to be a multi-step problem, given the economic and social context of human settlements. Lifetime socio-economic development depends on a minimum shipping and road access. The main problem is to change the management of existing resources and to reduce the phenomenon of accentuated depopulation and the current economic underdevelopment. There are many drawbacks, and the last 20 years have brought essential positive changes to the community life. The degree of geographical isolation does not need to be primordial and may diminish its influence by expanding and upgrading communication lines and standard of living by making facilities and utilities, by diversifying local occupations. There are real opportunities for investment to start work and develop rural tourism in this situation.
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2012.018.sDates:
Received: 21-06-2012 Accepted: 10-09-2012 Printed: 10-09-2012 Online: 07-12-2012
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Volume XI | Supplement 1
Aspects Concerning Tourism-Related Communication. Case Study: Poiana Ruscă Mountains (Romania)
Abstract: Tourism is a phenomenon where communication is particularly important, being largely responsible for converting prospective tourists, into actual tourists. The article is based on the paradigm, functions and factors of tourism-related communication, and analysis how tourism-related communication takes place in the Poiana Rusca Mountains tourist area. This is a mountain area with complex tourism potential, located within the 1.5 hours isochrone of several urban centers, which makes it attractive for weekend, proximity tourism. The analysis considered several components: communication within the emitting spaces, communication within the studied area, as well as communication using the cyberspace. Based on the general theory of communication and its practice in tourism, the conclusion reveals several restrictive elements on the side of the sender – advertising being in short supply and lacking a coherent message –, as well as on that of the receiver – the absence of a predilection for outdoor tourism and hiking.
Keywords: communication in tourism, tourist signaling, local actors, Poiana Rusca Mountains, Romania
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2012.028.sDates:
Received: 21-08-2012 Accepted: 30-09-2012 Printed: 10-09-2012 Online: 07-12-2012
Affiliations:
- 1 Department of Geography, West University of Timișoara, 4 V. Pârvan Bvd., 300223, Timișoara, Romania
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Acknowledgements:
This contribution was partially supported by POSDRU 89/1.5/S/63663 “Trans-national network of integrated management for post-doctoral research in the field of Science Communication. Institutional construction (post-doctoral school) and fellowship Programme (CommScie)”.
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Volume XI | Supplement 1
The possibility of developing a tourist ethno-folkloric route in the West Region, Romania
Abstract: These days when globalization is intended at a European level, culture and folklore are the elements that help us keep our identity. The folklore tourist resources of an area can be the starting points for the development of niche tourism.The West Region comprises four Romanian counties and numerous ethno-folkloric tourist resources.By presenting the most special resources I have tried to raise the interest of economic agents, local communities, specialists and potential tourists.
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2012.039.sDates:
Received: 15-07-2012 Accepted: 01-09-2012 Printed: 10-09-2012 Online: 07-12-2012
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- 1 Faculty of Tourism and Commercial Management Timişoara, ”D.Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest, Romania
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Volume XI | Supplement 1
Rural tourism as a strategic option for social and economic development in the rural area in Romania
Abstract: The rural tourism is considered a strategy that can contribute to the decreasing of population mobility, creating employment opportunities, and also to the social-economic development of the rural area. Rural tourism and agritourism can satisfy the need for open space through recreation activities, responding to the increasing interest of the urban population for the natural patrimony and rural culture. Rural tourism marks the economic growth stimulation, the underdeveloped areas viability, the life standards improvement for local population. If the rural tourism accomplishes all these functions, it requires a development through which the resources durability is secured during its expansion. The tourism sustainable development in the rural area demands the ability to develop the tourism resources, creating links between different activity sectors in a certain way that the space value is preserved.
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2012.051.sDates:
Received: 13-06-2012 Accepted: 15-09-2012 Printed: 10-09-2012 Online: 07-12-2012
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Volume XI | Supplement 1
Cultural identity and tourist destination development. A case study of the Land of Bârsa (Romania)
Abstract: As the competition for the attraction of tourists has become even more intense, tourist destinations and not individual operators are now the main actors operating on the tourist market. This shift in focus has taken place as the tourism transformed itself from a simple recreational activity into a quest for knowledge and discovery due to the growing complexity of tourist’ needs and demands. Today, culture plays an essential part in tourism as it represents the very object of this quest for knowledge that Auliana Poon defines as the “new tourism”. The culture of an area, expressed through the cultural identity of its people can become a tourist attraction in itself, thus contributing to the strengthening of tourist destinations’ competitive advantage. The current paper aims to demonstrate the vital role that cultural identity has in the development and promotion of different destinations, showing that when economic, social and demographic changes lead to a dilution of an area’s cultural identity, the competitive advantage that the cultural heritage offers is eroded.
Full article 10.5775/fg.2067-4635.2012.061.sDates:
Received: 16-07-2012 Accepted: 28-09-2012 Printed: 10-09-2012 Online: 07-12-2012
Affiliations:
- 1 Faculty of Commerce, Department of Tourism and Geography, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, 6 Romana Square, Bucharest, Romania
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