Sustainable Tourism Development in the Protected Areas of Maramureș, Romania: Destinations with High Authenticity

Nicoleta Mateoc-Sîrb, Simona Albu, Ciprian Rujescu, Ramona Ciolac, Eugenia Țigan, Oana Brînzan, Camelia Mănescu, Teodor Mateoc and Ioana Anda Milin
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Nicoleta Mateoc-Sîrb: Department of Management and Rural Development, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului Street No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Simona Albu: Department of Management and Rural Development, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului Street No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Ciprian Rujescu: Department of Management and Rural Development, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului Street No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Ramona Ciolac: Department of Economics and Financing of the Company, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului, No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Eugenia Țigan: Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, 2-4 Elena Dragoi Str., 310330 Arad, Romania
Oana Brînzan: Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, 2-4 Elena Dragoi Str., 310330 Arad, Romania
Camelia Mănescu: Department of Management and Rural Development, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului Street No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Teodor Mateoc: Department of Management and Rural Development, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului Street No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Ioana Anda Milin: Department of Economics and Financing of the Company, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului, No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-24

Abstract: Sustainable development involves economic growth in line with the requirements of ecological balance and human development, involving people’s relations with the environment as well as the responsibility of the current generation over future generations. Sustainable tourism was designed and supported in an attempt to manage all resources, so that the economic, social, and aesthetic needs of an area are satisfied while maintaining cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, biological diversity, and life support systems. Sustainable tourism is not “a fashion”; it is a way of thinking and acting with long-term implications. At national level, we believe that Maramureş County, Romania, is one of the most gifted natural and socio-economic geographic areas in the Oriental Carpathians of Romania, in which the conditions of sustainable tourism can be met and supported long term. The purpose of this scientific paper is to identify, synthesize, process, and interpret data about the tourist qualification of some localities in the protected areas of Maramureş, so as to inform local decision-makers and tourists about tourism forms currently practiced (and) possibly practicable in the future, because since tourism, as an economic branch, leads to the growth of jobs, it can contribute to the sustainable development of the area. The mathematical model proposed in the paper allows the grouping of available resources from 25 settlements in order to establish the types of tourism that can be supported and developed in these localities.

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable tourism; authenticity; tradition; Maramureș County; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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