Annals of the University of Bucharest: Geography Series (Oct 2013)
The Evolution of Romanian Tourism – A Geographical Perspective
Abstract
Romania has a very rich fund of tourism resources wh ich are either part of the natural environment or a result of human thinking and activ ities developed on its territory. They are randomly spread and differently grouped based on th eir specific, the degree of preservation and their involvement in different types of tourism act ivities. The correlation of tourism objectives to a dequate structures and the resulting forms of tourism durin g different periods of time allowed the differentiation of several phases with various char acteristics for tourism development in Romania: • the creation of the preliminary fund of tourism att ractions (till the end of 18 th century) • the organization and development of tourism activit ies (19 th century – 1950) • the 20 th century registered on its turn several phases amon g which the most important could be considered the one of central controlled p lanning in tourism activities (after 1950) and the post-communist phase of tourism devel opment The study makes reference and exemplifies the main characteristics of tourism resources, structures and activities for each of th ese phases.
