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Tourism And Protected Areas: Political Ecology Of The Rural Tourism In Romanian Danube Delta

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  • Alexandru IORGA

    ('Constantin Brăiloiu' Institute for Ethnography and Folklore; University of Bucharest)

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In this paper I discuss how tourism takes various shapes in a rural protected area from Romania (one of the typical, most vulnerable of the post-socialist period). Though tourism is advocated by Romanian officials and economists as a powerful tool, which provides economic and community development in rural, deindustrialized and protected areas, ethnographic examples presented in this paper show that ‘real tourism’, still regarded as a panacea, is far from fulfilling the locals’ needs and expectances (in terms of economic and social development in the Danube Delta). By using a political ecology perspective I will emphasize various local practices regarding tourism, demonstrating that there are several political layers of legality that do affect the perception and the tourism practice.

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  • Alexandru IORGA, 2015. "Tourism And Protected Areas: Political Ecology Of The Rural Tourism In Romanian Danube Delta," Revista de turism - studii si cercetari in turism / Journal of tourism - studies and research in tourism, "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava, Romania, Faculty of Economics and Public Administration - Economy, Business Administration and Tourism Department., vol. 20(20), pages 1-4, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:scm:rdtusv:v:20:y:2015:i:20:p:4
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    1. Alexandru Iorga, 2012. "Tourism, identity and economy in a Magyar village from Romania," Journal of Community Positive Practices, Catalactica NGO, issue 2, pages 240-255.
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