Particularities of Ethnographic Tourism from ”Tara Dornelor” and Neamt County
Particularities of Ethnographic Tourism from ”Tara Dornelor” and Neamt County

Summary/Abstract: The article contains the results of a case study realized in two distinct areas - the ”Țara Dornelor” and ”Ținutul Neamțului”- in order to explain the characteristic elements which make them look alike or contrarily, differentiate them in terms of ethnographic tourism. There were observed, therefore, the measure and degree in which the tourists' motivation regarding a geographical area is influenced by variables that refer to natural and anthropic potential of the investigated area or contrarily, by variables related rather to socioeconomic features of respondents. The research methodology aimed to the preparing and applying of a questionnaire in the period April 2015 - February 2016 on a representative sample of 300 respondents, especially tourists encountered in those study areas, and the analysis and interpretation of data base were accomplished through parametric and non-parametric tests of descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show the manner in which the tourists' motivation and the periodicity of touristic phenomenon is generally, different from one area to another.

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