Aspects of mass coastal tourism in the Blac Sea Romanian coast

• Main Authors: NICHERSU I. Iuliana, NICHERSU Iulian, NANU Cristina Nicoleta, BOZAGIEVICI Raluca
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CITDD Publishing House 2017-05-01
• Series: Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute
• Subjects: coastal development; Black Sea; Romania coastline
• Online Access: http://www.ddniscientificannals.ro/scientific-annals/20-volume-22/135-vol21_art03-12

The Romanian seaside of the Black Sea stretches on a length of approx. 240 km, between Ukraine and Bulgaria, from the Danube Delta, in the North, and the seaside resort Vama Veche, located at the border with Bulgaria. This is fitted and exploited for tourist purposes only on a distance of approx. 82 km, from Cape Midia (in the North) and up to the border with Bulgaria (in the South), area where there are 18 seaside localities, among which 13 are tourist resorts of national interest. (Simon et al., 2011) The use of Causal Loop Diagrams in this study comes first in the combination with an extensive literature review. Based on new studies and references, the team designs a first sketch of the coastal tourism relevant for this Study. This first draft is afterwards discussed and actualized based on other participatory approaches, where the stakeholders together with the scientists can complete the mind mapping process. Starting from the statistics and experience, which is the impact of the Coastal Tourism Development on the Marine habitats and the sea bottom, this analysis presents the factors that intervene in this storyline.