CULTURAL TOURISM IN CENTRAL REGION OF ROMANIA

Abstract

Romania has a multitude of natural and cultural attractions, with five of the European biogeographical regions and seven sites included in the UNESCO heritage, but it does not sufficiently exploit its touristic potential. This paper provides a statistical analysis of tourism in the Central Region of Romania with a focus on rural tourism and an analysis of the cultural potential. The aim is to identify new opportunities of the development of cultural tourism in the region. In order to highlight the rural tourism, there were selected only agrotouristic boarding houses in communes and villages. Having an extremely generous nature and a cultural heritage of great value, the areas analyzed in this study have a high and diversified touristic potential.

Keywords

• cultural tourism
• rural tourism
• romania
• statistical analysi
• local development