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Tourism – economic growth factor and essential element in regional development of Romania
Tourism – economic growth factor and essential element in regional development of Romania

Author(s): Adrian Liviu Scutariu
Subject(s): National Economy, Economic development, Tourism
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: tourism; economic growth; regional development; Structural Founds;

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to emphasize some aspects concerning the evolution of the tourism and its role in economic growth and regional development. The first part presents a conceptual delimitation of tourism, and the next parts are focused on the link of tourism with economic growth and regional development. We also present the organizational frame of the regional development policy and the role of tourism in this policy objectives achievement, and the final part brings some conclusions and some future development directions of tourism in Romania.

  • Issue Year: 56/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 318-330
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English