Vol. II, no. 1/2011

International Projects - Sustainable and Nature-based Tourism

Promoting the Tourism Potential of Dâmboviţa County

Books Published by Romanian Publishing Houses

Books/Chapters Published by International Publishing Houses

The impact of Tourism on Mountain Community Development

By Vasile Bogdan Călăreţu

The mountain area represent a pole of attraction for tourist because of the diversity of activities can take place here, but also for climatic factors. The tourism in this area have increased spectacular in the last two decades and this involve many benefits for local community but also some negative impacts on residents. This paper is a exploratory research, based on a secondary sources of how mountain tourism influence the economic, social and ecological environments, and to identify which of this effects are present in the Sinaia mountain resort through a direct observation.

Optimization of European Air Transport - Generous Intentions, Difficult Implementations and Controversial Results

By Elisabeta Molnar

The paper's theme is research within the fields of socio-economic and human priority aimed primarily to stimulate partnerships in priority areas such as planning, balanced development, polycentric, based on transport systems. Important element that focuses on all research undertaken, consider policies and strategies offered by the EU in transport, and launching a new strategic concept (NCS), the European air routes optimization, allowing quick and easy movement into desired areas. In addition, it was found that many airports need a substantial upgrade. Scientific results and conclusions of this research are to draw some color pan European airline to optimize connections between Eastern and Western Europe. The industry is shifting gears in the recovery cycle. Growth is slowing towards normal historical levels in the 5-6% range. Relative weakness in developed markets is being offset by the momentum of economic expansion in developing markets. We see a strong end to 2010 that boosted the year’s profit forecast to $15.1 billion. Slowing traffic growth is in line with our projections for a reduced profit of $9.1 billion in 2011, that’s a 1.5% margin.

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

Agro-Tourism: A Piece of History at Our Fingertips

By Vlad Bauer

The agro-tourism is an important component of the overall touristic activity, with multiple benefits for both local communities and environmental protection. This touristic activity plays an important role in getting the young people who left their rural communities to come back to them. The role that the agro-tourism has in this matter is to create jobs and by stimulating the businesses in the rural area, to participate in the development of rural communities. It is a wide spread form of tourism, especially in countries such as France, Germany, Italy. Romania has a great potential for this type of activity and also, a great need for the advantages that this type of tourism brings

Ancient Commerce and Distinguished Faculty of Commerce at Its 60 Years Aniversary!

Defining the Mining Tourism. Case Study Idar-Oberstein

By Bernd Hallier

In order to be successfully promoted in the targeted markets, a destination must be favourably differentiated from its competition, or positively positioned, in the minds of the consumers. A key component of this positioning process is the creation and management of a distinctive and appealing perception, or image, of the destination.2 The paper introduces the area of Idar-Oberstein belonging to the “German Route of Gemstones”.

Overview of the Romanian and Spanish Approaches on the Tourism Economic Impact Measurement Methods

By Ana-Maria Nica

The tourism activities have a real impact on the social and economic development, as it has great contributions to the GDP formation and the role it employs on the labor market. The economic branch of tourism has been and still is playing an important role in the economy as a whole, at macro level. The degree of importance has grown or diminished over the years, yet it certainly proved itself to be a notable factor of economic growth, no matter the level. Also, the tourism sector maintains codependent relationships with other sectors, mutually sustaining themselves, like transportation or lodging. The tourism sector as a whole is greatly characterized by a strong presence of and dependence on the labor force. It creates new work places, this way attracting the work force surplus from other sectors, which consequently has a good impact on reducing the unemployment rate. The high number of the people employed in the tourism domain could be mainly explained by the scarce possibilities of mechanization and automatisation of the tourism activities and operations. Also, one shouldn’t forget the indirect effect that the increasing number of employed people has on other sectors. Studies in this field reveal that one work place in tourism can create up to three other work places in the economic frame. That is precisely why tourism, being as it is a great consumer of goods and services, has a beneficial influence on the number of employees in its “supplying” economic branches: agriculture, Food and Beverage, constructions, etc The tourism impact measurement methods are every time more efficient and more accurate. Yet, because these measurement methods differ from one country to another, it is extremely difficult to conclude analyzes between tourism destinations worldwide, in terms of tourism economic impact.

TJWAR Awards

53rd World Congress FIJET, September 17 – 25/2011, Congress Theme: World Cultural Heritage in Travel Press