Contemporary Approaches and Challenges of Tourism Sustainability

Abstract

According to the objectives which have been set on a local level and to the European Council’s recommendations in 2008, „The National strategy for sustainable development ” was approved in Romania and it has its effect until 2030. In 2013, the goal was to „Incorporate the organic principles and practices of the sustainable development with all the Romanian programs and governmental policies which state that Romania is a full member of the European Union”. Given all this, the implementation of the specific organic principles and practices seems to be late. Sometimes, in the tourism area, the sustainable methods of development are in strong connection with those non-sustainable – this may include even the local community alienation from time to time. In what concerns the sustainable tourism, the most interesting one of this category is the ecotourism. To support this statement, in 2009, the Romanian acting Tourism Ministry adopted „The National strategy of ecotourism development in Romania”, which has been brought up to date in 2015.

Keywords

• editorial
• tourism sustainability