Developing an Indicator-Based Framework to Measure Sustainable Tourism in Romania. A Territorial Approach
| Autor: | Ines Grigorescu, Bianca Mitrică, Paul-Răzvan Şerban, Cristina Dumitrică, Nicoleta Damian, Monica Dumitraşcu, Irena Mocanu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Index (economics)
economic Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 and environmental indicators 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law tourism sustainability TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources 11. Sustainability 0502 economics and business Regional science GE1-350 Sustainable tourism 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Sustainable development territorial disparities Measure (data warehouse) Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Romania 05 social sciences social Disadvantaged Environmental sciences Geography Scale (social sciences) 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 5 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 2649, p 2649 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13052649 |
| Popis: | Sustainable tourism is gaining importance in national agendas to encourage economic growth, social inclusion, and the protection of cultural and natural assets. More than 13 million tourists (10.6 mil. Romanians and 2.6 mil. foreigners) visited Romania in 2019, the fifth consecutive year of growth for the tourism sector. The authors have selected 10 statistical indicators to highlight the main components for tourism sustainability by using the principal component analysis (PCA). The current patterns of sustainable development of tourism and the territorial inequalities at a micro-scale were assessed based on a sustainable tourism index (STI). In addition, to observe the way indicators interact and determine each other and to analyze the territorial disparities, the hierarchical ascending classification was used. The study was performed using the statistical data available at NUTS5/LAU level provided by the National Institute of Statistics. In addition, various data and information extracted from documents published by the UNWTO, National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism, the World Bank, EUROSTAT, etc., were also used. By applying an STI, the authors were able to assess the tourism development level at a national scale in Romania, delineating the most advantaged/disadvantaged areas. The analysis of sustainable tourism in Romania shows that tourism performance is more consolidated in the big cities, the Black Sea coast, the Danube Delta and the Carpathian Mountains. Studies such as the present one are meant to provide a methodological framework that will be useful to perform a quantitative assessment of the sustainable level of tourism development in terms of economic, social and environmental performance. |
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