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Article: Sustainable rural tourism in the Romanian Carpathians.
- Article from:
- The Geographical Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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Romania has long been an important tourist destination, but under the communist system there was little scope for private enterprise. The rural areas were generally neglected and provision in the mountains was largely restricted to a few key resorts (i.e. Poiana Brasov and Sinaia) and chains of chalets, most prominent in the Bucegi and Fagaras Mountains (Surd, 1988). Now the benefits of rural tourism (embracing all aspects of leisure appropriate in the countryside) are becoming better understood in the context of diversification and sustainability, with the latter concept approached in terms of maintaining communities and conserving environment (Bramwell and Lane, 1994; ...