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    STUDIA GEOGRAPHIA - Issue no. 1 / 2008  
         
  Article:   CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RURAL TOURISM IN ROMANIA. RESULTS OF A CASE STUDY IN THE PIATRA CRAIULUI AREA / AKTUELLE ENTWICKLUNGEN DES LÄNDLICHEN TOURISMUS IN RUMÄNIEN. ERGEBNISSE EINER FALLSTUDIE IN DER KÖNIGSTEINREGION.

Authors:  MARTIN BIRTEL. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  Current Developments in Rural Tourism in Romania. Results of a Case Study in the Piatra Craiului Area. Rural Tourism is an often mentioned strategy for the development of rural areas in emerging countries. This kind of tourism has a large potential in Romania. But until now the tourist infrastructure often lacks middle-European standards and few westerners visit the rural areas of the country for their holiday. In a recent study the situation of local households in rural Romania was analysed. Special focus was hereby laid on the role of tourism in settlements with different structures. With a standardized questionnaire 261 households examined. The study centred on the former industrial city of Zărnesti, on Bran as a centre of rural tourism in Romania and on two mountain communities (Măgura and Peştera), mainly characterized through subsistence style household structures. These three different types of settlements are not only in direct proximity of each other but also lay in or next to the Piatra Craiului National Park. The study could prove that tourism in this area is until now only an additional strategy for the local residents. Only seldom it could really finance the household as a whole. The results show that tourism alone can not serve as a development strategy for rural areas – instead tourism should be seen in a combined approach with the construction of other income possibilities. This is especially relevant since Bran is already one of the centres of rural tourism in Romania but still only few local households here can gain sufficient profits.  
         
     
         
         
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