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    STUDIA GEOGRAPHIA - Issue no. 2 / 2013  
         
  Article:   CROSS-BORDER SHOPPING AT THE ROMANIAN-SERBIAN BORDER. THE IMPACT OF CROSS-BORDER SERBIAN SHOPPERS IN TIMIŞOARA:
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  Abstract:  Cross-border Shopping at the Romanian-Serbian Border. The Impact of Serbian Shoppers in Timişoara. The purpose of this paper is to debate the phenomena of shopping tourism at the Romanian-Serbian border, through both a theoretical and an empirical approach. The theoretical approach highlights the historical aspect of shopping across the border, emphasizing the embargo and post-embargo periods, as well as the visas and free visa regulations. The empirical approach discusses the results of a research conducted by the author in the summer of 2012 in Timişoara, having as focal point the Serbian cross-border shoppers, seen through the perspective of local retailers.The findings reveal major changes in the approach of Serbians towards cross-border shopping, as a result of normalization of internal political situation and facilitation of border crossing. The paper also reveals the attitude of local retails towards the Serbian cross-border shoppers, their expectations and view of the cross-border shopping phenomena. 

Key-words: shopping, border, trade, Serbia, Romania, retail, leisure, smuggling, embargo, Timişoara
 
         
     
         
         
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