Analysis of Tourism Development Disparities in Romania

Delia Popescu (), Ana-Maria Nica () and Daniel Bulin ()
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Delia Popescu: Bucharest University of Economic StudiesBucharest, Romania
Ana-Maria Nica: Bucharest University of Economic StudiesBucharest, Romania
Daniel Bulin: Bucharest University of Economic StudiesBucharest, Romania

CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul, 2017, vol. 16, issue 1

Abstract: In 1998 eight development regions were set up in Romania (North-West, North-East, South-West, South-East, South, West, Center, Bucharest and Ilfov), with a view to efficiently absorb the EU funds, in order to reduce the socio-economic development disparities. Tourism is an important sector of the world economy and also of the development regions, contributing to economic growth in less developed areas, which yet have a high tourism potential. The main aim of the present paper is the analysis of development disparities of tourism in Romania, by tracking the changes that have taken place since the moment of creation of the development regions, in the periods of pre-accession and post-accession of Romania to the EU. The research comprises a cluster analysis based on tourism supply and demand indicators in the regions and counties of Romania; the main hypothesis of the study is that the development differences of Romanian tourism have diminished after the accession, as within the regions there are counties with greater tourism activity, that may turn into engines of regional economic growth.

Keywords: Regional development; tourism indicators; cluster analysis; disparities; Romania’s development regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L81 O11 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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