This paper is the third of a series of studies dedicated to tourist inns on the Romanian market. The previous papers focused on the identification of the tourist inns that currently function on the domestic market. Further, their potential as rural facilities was highlighted and their...

The present paper investigates the evolution of rural accommodation facilities in relation with the tourist attractions represented by Romania's UNESCO heritage sites. Romania can offer varied types of rural tourism, from agrotourism or farm-based tourism, to ecotourism, sport and health...

Under the combined pressure of increased urbanization, fiscal adjustments and decentralization, central governments were pushed towards accepting the idea of local government accessing the private finance sources for their public infrastructure and service development investments. While the...

Today's Romanian tourists do not seem to clearly differentiate one type of accommodation facility from another. Given this, the hospitality services providers either intentionally or by mistake promote their units as a different type than the one they are registered and classified under. Perhaps...

The current paper presents a comprehensive survey of the Romanian microfinance sector, including the early evolutions and the current developments. The research also includes the regional distribution of Romanian microfinance institutions in relation with the main goals of microfinance, poverty...

The presence of branded hotels in Romania remains relatively modest after two decades since the first Sofitel (Accor Hotels) entered the market. Thus, the number of branded hotels increased since 2005 when they were first investigated. The present study investigates the RevPAR of the Romanian...

Objective: The aim of this article is to investigate if Romanian rural localities hosting or situated within a natural WHS (World Heritage Site) have benefited from their situation and developed the local rural tourism.Research Design & Methods: Since the topic of this article had not been...

Urban areas have been long since considered important tourism destinations. By offering a broad and heterogeneous range of attractions, urban tourism provide various choices for different types of tourists and segments of tourism market. Despite being considered an important form of tourism...

The present paper continues the work of Pop et al. (2019) on what concerns the drivers of rural accommodation development in Romania. The study covers the same period: 2005 to 2019. This study introduces a new factor / driver: the accessibility of communes via the national and county road...