CULTURAL TOURISM IN TRANSYLVANIA AND IN THE COUNTY OF CLUJ UNDER THE SIGN OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Cover Image

CULTURAL TOURISM IN TRANSYLVANIA AND IN THE COUNTY OF CLUJ UNDER THE SIGN OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
CULTURAL TOURISM IN TRANSYLVANIA AND IN THE COUNTY OF CLUJ UNDER THE SIGN OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

Author(s): Alexandra Viorica Dulău, Monica Maria Coroş
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: tourism; culture; destination; economic crisis; Romania; Transylvania.

Summary/Abstract: The present paper dealt with the manner how cultural tourism is perceived and how it can develop under the conditions of the economic crisis situation. A primary stage of a research has been carried out – respectively, 196 questionnaires have been tested on a randomly selected population of Romanians. This phase represents a starting point of further researches on this topic. The results can be considered valuable but not fully representative. The main concerns of our paper are: the present-day development of cultural tourism in Romania and Transylvania (especially in the County of Cluj); Romanian visitors’ attitude towards: culture and tourism; their holiday consumption behavior; their budgetary allocations for tourism and culture; the notoriety of several types of destinations from Romania, Transylvania and Cluj County. Our conclusions try to signal a few things that must be done concerning tourism and cultural development in Romania while confronting the economic crisis.

  • Issue Year: 54/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 131-152
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English