Of all central and eastern European countries, Romania is considered to be the one which enjoys the richest and most varied natural and antropic touristic resources, and this aspect confers a great potential for the development of tourism. The economical, social, and political context of the...

The local rural communities of Romania have been affected by the evolution of the history in the last decades. To these there have been added the years of centralised economy and afterwards the transition towards the market economy. All of these have put the inhabitants of the villages between...

The concept of Community Based Tourism (CBT) has been a further development within the sustainable tourism approach. Drawing from the theories and practice of participatory development, it specifically focuses on the impact tourism may have on local communities with the aim of maximizing...

Being the most important industry in the world, tourism is often seen as a salutary solutin for helping the economic development of a country leading to an increase in the life standards. But what is the real situation? We try to define tourism and globalization, to present shortly the main...

For hundreds years, people have been travelling to places deemed as sacred to meet or to worship Divinity. However, these travels with religious motivation or pilgrimages, which might be considered as the first form of tourism (Rinschede, 1992), were carried out without the possibility to...

The issue of sustainable tourism and its potential contribution to regional development and convergence within the EU has been, in recent years, one of the primary research themes and a constant concern in European policies. However, currently, the European tourism industry is facing a loss in...