Mountain Tourism in the Perception of Romanian Tourists: A Case Study of the Rodna Mountains National Park
As a country, Romania tries to communicate abroad its authenticity, intact nature and unique cultural heritage. This message matches perfectly the main attributes associated to Rodna Mountains National Park, as it is the second national park in Romanian. The aim of the research is to identify and an...
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| author | Adeline-Cristina Cozma Monica-Maria Coroș Cornelia Pop |
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| description | As a country, Romania tries to communicate abroad its authenticity, intact nature and unique cultural heritage. This message matches perfectly the main attributes associated to Rodna Mountains National Park, as it is the second national park in Romanian. The aim of the research is to identify and analyze the prospects for sustainable development of rural tourism in the area of Rodna Mountains National Park, taking into account its impact on the social and economic life of the inhabitants of the Rodna commune, but also factors that may positively or negatively influence the whole process. From a methodological perspective, quantitative methods were used; a survey-based research was carried out among Romanian mountain tourists, aiming at identifying and analyzing their opinions and suggestions regarding tourism in protected areas in Romania, as well as the impact of the tourist flows generated by the Park upon the surrounding communities. Rodna Mountains National Park seems to be among the favorite destinations of tourists, as the respondents have a good and very good general impression about the interaction with the mountain and protected areas, prefer internal to external destinations regardless of the season, budgets allocated per night, per stay and annually are quite high, so the purchasing power is also high; they constitute a solid foundation for the decisions of the tourist development of the area. The need for holidays and the savings that tourists make throughout the year to go on vacation, regardless of income level, give viability to this opportunity. Other results of this research are related to the problems tourists helped to identify and the solutions they proposed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7df388c2ce24e6c98341631893c8d5f2023-12-03T13:52:04ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892021-01-011214510.3390/info12010045Mountain Tourism in the Perception of Romanian Tourists: A Case Study of the Rodna Mountains National ParkAdeline-Cristina Cozma0Monica-Maria Coroș1Cornelia Pop2Department of Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400591 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Hospitality Services, Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400174 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Business, Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400174 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaAs a country, Romania tries to communicate abroad its authenticity, intact nature and unique cultural heritage. This message matches perfectly the main attributes associated to Rodna Mountains National Park, as it is the second national park in Romanian. The aim of the research is to identify and analyze the prospects for sustainable development of rural tourism in the area of Rodna Mountains National Park, taking into account its impact on the social and economic life of the inhabitants of the Rodna commune, but also factors that may positively or negatively influence the whole process. From a methodological perspective, quantitative methods were used; a survey-based research was carried out among Romanian mountain tourists, aiming at identifying and analyzing their opinions and suggestions regarding tourism in protected areas in Romania, as well as the impact of the tourist flows generated by the Park upon the surrounding communities. Rodna Mountains National Park seems to be among the favorite destinations of tourists, as the respondents have a good and very good general impression about the interaction with the mountain and protected areas, prefer internal to external destinations regardless of the season, budgets allocated per night, per stay and annually are quite high, so the purchasing power is also high; they constitute a solid foundation for the decisions of the tourist development of the area. The need for holidays and the savings that tourists make throughout the year to go on vacation, regardless of income level, give viability to this opportunity. Other results of this research are related to the problems tourists helped to identify and the solutions they proposed.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/1/45Rodna Mountains National Parkmountain tourismRomanian touristsperceptionnatural tourism resourcesRomanian tourism resources |
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| title | Mountain Tourism in the Perception of Romanian Tourists: A Case Study of the Rodna Mountains National Park |
| title_full | Mountain Tourism in the Perception of Romanian Tourists: A Case Study of the Rodna Mountains National Park |
| title_fullStr | Mountain Tourism in the Perception of Romanian Tourists: A Case Study of the Rodna Mountains National Park |
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| title_short | Mountain Tourism in the Perception of Romanian Tourists: A Case Study of the Rodna Mountains National Park |
| title_sort | mountain tourism in the perception of romanian tourists a case study of the rodna mountains national park |
| topic | Rodna Mountains National Park mountain tourism Romanian tourists perception natural tourism resources Romanian tourism resources |
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