The Evaluation Stage of the Specific Tourism Infrastructure and Tourist Flows- Chances to Revitalize Galati City

Iulian Adrian Sorcaru ()
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Iulian Adrian Sorcaru: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania

Economics and Applied Informatics, 2016, issue 1, 25-32

Abstract: The tourism potential (natural or anthropic) and the evolution of tourist flows are amplified or restricted by the quality of specific tourism infrastructure. Certain urban settlements have a hidden tourism potential which can contribute, especially when local economic contraction occurs, to economic revitalization of the region. The main objective of this study is to evaluate objectively and comprehensively, the specific tourism infrastructure in Galati City according to the methodology described in national legislation, and establish the annual evolution tourist flows during 2001-2014 and monthly from 2010 to 2014. Another goal was to highlight the national and international determinants of the tourist flows in Galati City during the period mentioned above.

Keywords: Specific tourism infrastructure; Local economic development; Urban revitalization; Tourist flows; Galati City (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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