The ecotourism in the Domogled Cerna Valley National Park-a sustainable development alternative

There is much confusion about ecotourism. For many people it seems to be agro-tourism, rural tourism etc. The study tries to point again what does it meant and how sustainable and useful can be for this area. The ecotourism has a strong, diverse potential, including over 7% of the Romania surface of...

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Main Author: Elena Matei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest 2007-11-01
Series:Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
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Online Access:http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/11/10matei.pdf
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Summary:There is much confusion about ecotourism. For many people it seems to be agro-tourism, rural tourism etc. The study tries to point again what does it meant and how sustainable and useful can be for this area. The ecotourism has a strong, diverse potential, including over 7% of the Romania surface of protected areas adding other private sites which offer suitable economic targets for local communities. The way of identifying their potential as an eco-destination is based on many integrated methods which can help local authorities together with researchers to establish a good economic development policy.
ISSN:1843-6587
2067-2284