MUTATIONS IN THE TOURIST TURNING TO ACCOUNT OF THE NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM COMPLEX OF GALATI MUNICIPALITY

Abstract

The Natural Science Museum Complex is the only tourist’s anthropic objective in Galati municipalitydrawing high touristic flows after the 90’s due to the certain quality mutations, which increase itsattractiveness considerably. Such mutations include the annual development and enrichment of theBotanical Gardens with new objectives of interest for tourists – the Exotic plant Conservatory openedin 1992; the Rosarium in 1997; the Japanese Garden in 1999, the Ornamental Expoflora in 2001. Weshould add there the new Natural Science Museum located inside the gardens, opened in 2002, whichalso draws numerous tourists due to: its numerous fauna collections and exhibitions; aquariums withspecies of the native ichthyologic fauna and equatorial or tropical endemic species; diversemanifestations and scientific observations (partial eclipse of sun of October 3rd 2005); thePlanetarium and the multimedia room. Thus, the Natural Science Museum Complex is presently themost attractive anthropic objective for tourists in Galati municipality, receiving annual visits fromapproximately one third of the municipality population.

Keywords

• dynamics
• high touristic flows
• development and touristic attractiveness