Sighisoara Municipality (Romania) between modernism and traditionalism in the context of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic

Abstract

This paper represents a socio-economic study on the tourist activity in Sighișoara, being focused on the main annual event that characterizes the area – Festivalul Sighișoara Medievală. The natural and anthropic tourism potential of Sighișoara Municipality was considered the main factor, which has as central element the medieval history of the locality and the emblematic architecture dating back to that period. Cultural tourism, which is defining for the Sighișoara area, has a number of specific features that are added to the usual tourist services packages (transport, accommodation, food). For the Sighișoara area, the symbiosis between the culture of Tourism and the culture of Saxon traditions highlights the regional specificity and creates new patrimonial perspectives. The present study focuses on the time period 2019–2021 and also tracks the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the tourist activity in the area.

Keywords

• tourism
• festival
• sars-cov-2
• fortress
• traditions
• sighișoara