Revista de Turism: Studii si Cercetari in Turism (Dec 2011)

ASPECTS REGARDING VACATION SPENDING IN THE ROMANIAN TOURISM

  • Cristina ŞOŞEA,
  • Amalia BĂDIŢĂ,
  • Liliana POPESCU

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 12
pp. 60 – 65

Abstract

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For most of the time, tourism has been the privilege of rich people however, during the last century; it became a mass phenomenon, as its genetic (economic, social and demographic) factors have changed considerably. Unlike the developed countries which account for the main international tourist flows, Romania is a state with a much lower number of potential tourists as a result of the lower income of the population, but which witness a revival of the tourist phenomenon at the beginning of the 21st century. Based on statistical data, the present paper focuses on the factors that influence the choice of holiday destinations for the Europeans and for Romanians as well, some aspects regarding vacation spending, types of destinations that Romanians choose and their expenses for holiday trips.

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