In the specific literature, success may be achieved by two important attributes: competitiveness and sustainability. Competitive advantage represents an essential criterion for surviving on the tourist market and defines the ability of one destination to use these resources effectively and in...

Automatically when we talk about tourism, tourism industry and hospitality industry we refer to the term also increasingly mentioned. Through this work we describe the hotel, restaurant business and other travel related activity services, which since 2008 have been continuously developed and...

Multicollinearity implies near-linear dependence among regressors and is one of the diagnostics that harms enough the quality and the estimation of the regression models. Among the effects of multicollinearity can be mentioned that parameter estimates could lead to opposite signs or the...

This article resulted out of primary data produced on the basis of PhD level research of the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in, primarily, professional services firms located in Romania and the broader European spectrum. We have aimed at seeing whether ICTs produce a...

Tourism is a competitive industry, even on a global scale. If access to a destination or attraction is too complicated, time consuming, expensive or not providing adequate capacity, even the most spectacular attraction will remain a secret to most tourists, as they will prefer competitive...

In recent years, the expansion of touristic activities confirmed the importance of marketing activities in touristic regions. In tourism as well, globalization implies an unlimited number of options, and the traditional elements regarding competition and differences related to price or quality...

The paper deals with the opportunities to make risk free profits from sports arbitrage betting and bonuses. Different questions arise around the topic: how common are these chances? Can these really be considered as free risk investments? Can cooperation among bettors influence them? Answers...

Spa tourism is one of the most old tourism forms. The outlook about tourism spa was changed, it isn’t seen just as a treatment tourism but one for vigorously, physical and emotionally strength. In this new conception, new consumer segments are aimed. Actual Romanian spa resorts offer has to be...

The aim of our paper is to depict the state of affairs in the Romanian tourist industry as well as to point out the necessary steps and the effective strategies in order to capitalize on the huge tourist potential of our country. The biggest problems that

The paper gives a critical assessment of the theses of UNWTO that tourism is an effective means of developing whole regions especially difficult aeries such as mountain regions. Growth Pole Theory and Economic Base Theory are used as methodological base.