The Priorities of Romanian Coastal and Maritime Tourism From The Perspective of Land and Sea Interactions

Abstract

Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is an integrated approach to the long-term management of maritime areas, in order to ensure sustainable development and use of marine resources, advocating the need for the sustainable growth as far as maritime economies are concerned. MSP is based on an integrated and participatory decision-making process which involves stakeholders from all sectors of the marine environment, tourism being one sector which requires support from a variety of stakeholders. The aim of this paper is to form a picture of the perception of the MSP stakeholders regarding coastal and maritime tourism, i.e., to see whether it is a priority from the perspective of analyzing land-sea interactions (LSI) in the Romanian Black Sea coastal area. Their views regarding the priorities and role of tourism sustainability in the local economy are needed, considering that LSI is strongly connected to the economic benefits of MSP.

Keywords

• coastal and maritime tourism
• stakeholders
• romanian coastal area
• land-sea interaction (lsi)
• maritime spatial planning (msp)