TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATION

The Romanian destinations with religious significance are faced with a constant and continuous flow of visitors, many of whom are pilgrims, but these places have also become destinations for mass tourism. The purpose of this paper is to determine the market’s dimensions regarding the travellers whos...

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Main Authors: Alexandra-Maria ŢÎRCA, Alexandru CHIŞ, Luiza SOUCA, Mihai-Florin BĂCILĂ, Raluca CIORNEA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitatii Suceava 2010-12-01
Series:Revista de Turism: Studii si Cercetari in Turism
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Online Access:http://revistadeturism.ro/rdt/article/view/76
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spelling doaj-4d27b6c4ef6b4661af3eea4b9b4682eb2021-04-02T20:53:43ZengUniversitatii SuceavaRevista de Turism: Studii si Cercetari in Turism1844-29942010-12-01010202758TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATIONAlexandra-Maria ŢÎRCA0Alexandru CHIŞ1Luiza SOUCA2Mihai-Florin BĂCILĂ3Raluca CIORNEA4“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaThe Romanian destinations with religious significance are faced with a constant and continuous flow of visitors, many of whom are pilgrims, but these places have also become destinations for mass tourism. The purpose of this paper is to determine the market’s dimensions regarding the travellers whose destinations are Romanian religious settlements, and also some capacity indicators for this particular market. The study is the result of a questionnaire based research applied to over 1500 subjects. The results have shown a high degree of expansion for this type of travel but a low degree of market concentration.http://revistadeturism.ro/rdt/article/view/76market dynamicmarket sharepilgrimagereligious places
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Mihai-Florin BĂCILĂ
Raluca CIORNEA
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Alexandru CHIŞ
Luiza SOUCA
Mihai-Florin BĂCILĂ
Raluca CIORNEA
TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATION
Revista de Turism: Studii si Cercetari in Turism
market dynamic
market share
pilgrimage
religious places
author_facet Alexandra-Maria ŢÎRCA
Alexandru CHIŞ
Luiza SOUCA
Mihai-Florin BĂCILĂ
Raluca CIORNEA
author_sort Alexandra-Maria ŢÎRCA
title TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATION
title_short TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATION
title_full TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATION
title_fullStr TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATION
title_full_unstemmed TRAVELING TO RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT – THE MARKET’S DYNAMIC AND CAPACITY AS SHOWN BY A STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN POPULATION
title_sort traveling to religious settlement – the market’s dynamic and capacity as shown by a study on the romanian population
publisher Universitatii Suceava
series Revista de Turism: Studii si Cercetari in Turism
issn 1844-2994
publishDate 2010-12-01
description The Romanian destinations with religious significance are faced with a constant and continuous flow of visitors, many of whom are pilgrims, but these places have also become destinations for mass tourism. The purpose of this paper is to determine the market’s dimensions regarding the travellers whose destinations are Romanian religious settlements, and also some capacity indicators for this particular market. The study is the result of a questionnaire based research applied to over 1500 subjects. The results have shown a high degree of expansion for this type of travel but a low degree of market concentration.
topic market dynamic
market share
pilgrimage
religious places
url http://revistadeturism.ro/rdt/article/view/76
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