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Rural Tourism in Mountain Rural Comunities-Possible Direction/Strategies: Case Study Mountain Area from Bihor County

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  • Cosmin Alin Popescu

    (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Life Science “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania)

  • Tiberiu Iancu

    (Faculty of Management and Rural Tourism, University of Life Science “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania)

  • Gabriela Popescu

    (Faculty of Management and Rural Tourism, University of Life Science “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania)

  • Ionut Marius Croitoru

    (Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Engineering and Business Management, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Tabita Adamov

    (Faculty of Management and Rural Tourism, University of Life Science “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania)

  • Ramona Ciolac

    (Faculty of Management and Rural Tourism, University of Life Science “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, Calea Aradului No. 119, 300645 Timisoara, Romania)

Abstract

Rural mountain areas and their local communities have been subject to research interest over time due to their large amount of available resources, but also their problems. The strategy for some of the rural mountain communities to simultaneously preserve and capitalize on the local resources sustainably is to combine traditional activities with those related to hospitality and recreation in the form of rural tourism activity. In this context, we have used a case study to examine development in a rural mountain community through tourism activities; the study site is the rural mountain area of Bihor County in the Apuseni Mountains, which has outstanding, but untapped, potential for development. In this paper, we address the centralization of representative resources on each component community of the chosen area, concrete information related to the current stage of the development and performance of the activity directly from those involved in the coordination of the activity (rural tourism entrepreneurs) using a specific questionnaire, and proposals for possible directions/strategies to ensure future development of this communities through rural tourism activities.

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  • Cosmin Alin Popescu & Tiberiu Iancu & Gabriela Popescu & Ionut Marius Croitoru & Tabita Adamov & Ramona Ciolac, 2024. "Rural Tourism in Mountain Rural Comunities-Possible Direction/Strategies: Case Study Mountain Area from Bihor County," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-27, January.
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