LUCRRI TIINIFICE, SERIA I, VOL.

XI (4)
THE TOURIST POTENTIAL IN THE MOUNTAIN AREA OF
ROMANIA
POTENIALUL TURISTIC N ZONA MONTAN A ROMNIEI
D. BODESCU *, G. TEFAN *, E. BOGHI *,
RAMONA POCHICANU*
Analysis of the development of a socio-economic dimensions requires
knowledge resources it has and how they are used. In this work aimed to
provide information on existing national relevance to mountain areas of
Romania to complete the existing information system. From the analysis
of tourist potential of resulting in a score of 3.8 points overall. In the
mountain areas have been identified 19 tourist resorts of national
interest, 11 tourist resorts and 15 local spa.

Key words: mountain area, tourism potential

Tourism is an activity with multiple functions within the
development area in which it is performed under the economic, social,
environmental and institutional.
For Mountain Area, volume space in which natural resources is
lower than in other areas of Romania, tourism becomes a real vector of local
development through increased employment of the population, providing
income to local budgets, development of other products and services
improving the image at the European level and worldwide.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
Assessment of tourism potential of mountain areas was based on
existing public documents, valid for the whole national development on
tourism and the resources available to it at common. (1, 2, 4).
Under existing legislation, the criteria for certification of tourist
resort had the following components:
the natural course of natural factors and quality of the
environment,
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University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Ion Ionescu

de la Brad Iasi, Romania

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roads and access to / in place,
urban utilities utilities of tourist and recreational,
tourist information and promotion (1).
Each of these criteria have been broken down into sub.
Demarcation of the mountain area was based on the characteristics
stipulated in the Law Mountain (elevation greater than 600 m and between
400-600 m with slope greater than 150) and Montana weaker area shown in
the National Program of Rural Development (3).
The use of statistical analysis are specific and consist in determining
the aggregate, the county averages in the mountain area and share the
phenomena investigated.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Average score obtained on the tourist potential of towns in Mountain
Area 3.8 points out of maximum of 10, 25.6% higher than the overall score
at the national level.
The counties with the highest average scores on the area is
mountainous county with 5.1 points Neam, Satu Mare and Sibiu county
with 5.0 points (fig. 1) .
6,0
5,1

5,0

5,0

5,0
4,5

4,4

4,3

4,4

3,9

4,0

4,4
3,8

3,7

3,6 3,6 3,6 3,7 3,5

3,1 3,2

3,8

3,8

3,7

3,5

3,3

3,3

2,9

3,0

2,6
2,2

2,0

Figure 1 The scores obtained from localities in mountain area

according to their potential tourist

VRANCEA

TIMI

VLCEA

SIBIU

SUCEAVA

SLAJ

SATU MARE

NEAM

PRAHOVA

MURE

MEHEDINI

MARAMURE

HUNEDOARA

GORJ

HARGHITA

DMBOVIA

CLUJ

COVASNA

BUZU

BRAOV

BIHOR

BISTRIA-N.

ARGE

BACU

ALBA

ARAD

0,0

CARA SEVERIN

1,0

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Municipalities with the highest score (10 points) are Sasciori Alba
County, Maramure county Desesti, Banita Bosorod and Hunedoara.
Municipalities which have obtained 9 points in this assessment are Agapia
and Vanatori Neamt County Neam, Sucevita, Vatra Moldovitei and
Humorului Monastery in Neam County, Polovragi in Prahova County,
Barsana, Ieud, Poienile Iza and Sisesti Maramures County, Birtan Valley
Viilor Sibiu county.
The lowest average score was obtained in a mountainous area Bacu
counties by 2.2 points, 2.6 Prahova Vlcea points and 2.9 points. (fig. 1).
5
4
4
4
3

3
3
2
2
2
1

VRANCEA

VLCEA

TIMI

SIBIU

SUCEAVA

MURE

NEAM

SLAJ

SATU MARE

PRAHOVA

MEHEDINI

GORJ

MARAMURE

HUNEDOARA

HARGHITA

BUZU

BRAOV

BIHOR

BACU

BISTRIA-N.

ARAD

COVASNA

DMBOVIA

ARGE

CLUJ

CARA SEVERIN

ALBA

Figure 2 The number of tourist resorts of national interest in the

Mountain Area
These results represent average values and can not exclude the
existence of a potential small area with high average.
Analysis of the results on the tourist resort of national interest in the
area show that Mountain Area is such a common 19 of 37 national joint (fig.
2). Basically, in this space is 51.4% of the tourist resorts of national interest
identified at the national level.

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The mountain which holds most of the resorts is the national interest
of the county Prahova mountain with a number of 4.
In a mountainous area and Vlcea Suceava counties are 3 tourist
resort of national interest and in mountainous areas of the county of Bacau
is 2 resorts such.
Mountainous area of Arad, Bistrita Nasaud, Brasov, Caras Severin,
Covasna, Harghita Hunedoara and holds one tourist resort of national
interest and the rest of the counties do not have any resort of this kind.
3

0
VRANCEA

TIMI

SIBIU

SATU MARE

NEAM

MEHEDINI

HUNEDOARA

GORJ

COVASNA

CARA SEVERIN

BRAOV

BISTRIA-N.

ARGE

ALBA

Figure 3 The number of tourist resorts in the Mountain Area

State tourism resort of local interest in the Mountain Area indicate a
smaller number of common identified a total of 11 stations over 45
nationally representing 24.4% of them (fig. 3).
Average tourist resort of local interest is 0.4 with maximum of two
stations in the county of Alba, Brasov, Harghita and Maramure, one in the
counties of Arges, Vrancea and Hunedoara and in any other area mountain
counties.

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3
2

2
1

1 1

0
VRANCEA

TIMI

SIBIU

SATU MARE

NEAM

MEHEDINI

HUNEDOARA

GORJ

COVASNA

CARA SEVERIN

BRAOV

BISTRIA-N.

ARGE

ALBA

Figure 4 Number of balneal stations in the Mountain Area

The area encompasses 15 mountain resort spas in 36 nationally,
representing 41.7% of them. Most of them are in the Mountain Area of
Harghita, Prahova and Vlcea number 2 on the spa district. The average
number of spa on the county is 0.6 (fig. 4).
CONCLUSIONS
Analysis of tourist potential of the area mountain reveals a score of
3.8 points overall, with 25.6% higher than the national score.
In the Mountain Area is 19 tourist resorts of national interest, 11
tourist resorts and 15 local spa.

REFERENCES
1.***, 2005 Guide resort Spas in Romania, House of Guides Publishing,
Bucharest;

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2.***, 2006 Government Decision no. 867 / 2006 for approval of rules
and criteria for certification of tourist resort, for certification as a
tourist resort of national / local Official Gazette, Part I
nr.609/13.07.2006, Bucharest;
3.***, 2007 National Program of Rural Development, Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Bucharest;
4.*** Order no. 567/2008 for approving to the minims scheme "support
economic activities to diversify the rural economy and improving the
quality of life in rural areas", Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Bucharest.