An Overview of the Marketing Research Methods Appropriate for Tourism Industry in RomaniaAbstract:The main issues affecting the development of tourism in Romania regard the insufficient promotion of the country as a tourism destination, the human resources and the poor quality of tourism services. In order to tackle these problems it is essential in our opinion to give the due importance to marketing research. Marketing research in the case of services has a series of particular traits dictated by the characteristics of services and is focused on the superior understanding of consumers’ needs, perceptions and expectations. Given the recreational nature of tourism, the raising competition among tourism destinations and service providers this focus seems even more legitimate. The paper aims at briefly presenting the most common directions for marketing research at service level and emphasizing the most adequate methods of marketing research that can be successfully employed by the tourism industry in Romania – observation and studies focused on consumer satisfaction

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