| Human Geographies - Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography | |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Start page | 41 |
| End page | 56 |
| Title | Romanian spa tourism: a communist paradigm in a post communist era |
| Authors |
George Erdeli (a), Ana Irina Dincă (a)*, Aurel Gheorghilaş (a), Camelia Surugiu (b) |
| Affiliation | (a) Faculty of
Geography, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania (b) Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism |
| Email* | dincaanairina@gmail.ro |
| Abstract | Spa tourism is one of the oldest forms of tourism which continuously evolved in time as the leisure industry paradigm and the consumers’ behavior changed. Similar to other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, spa tourism is an old phenomenon in Romania which expanded to the dimensions of a well defined tourism industry during the mass tourism period which also corresponded to the communism epoch. Although severely affected by the major political and socio-economic changes which occurred after the Revolution in 1989, this industry coexists with new emergent forms of tourism orienting, itself towards new dimensions embraced by the contemporary leisure consumerism (e.g. medical tourism, cosmetic treatments). Lying on considerable balneal and climate resources and displaying an important communist heritage both in physical terms (large and massive tourism structures) and in virtual and psychological terms (social supportive ticket granting system), Romanian spa tourism faces various challenges in the attempt to adapt in a new tourism era. |
| Key words | | Romania | Spa tourism, | Communist heritage | Post-socialist evolution | |
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| Title: Human
Geographies - Journal of Studies and Research in Human
Geography ISSN online: 2067–2284 ISSN print: 1843-6587 Imprint: University of Bucharest Frequency: Biannual First volume: 1/2007 Current volume: 5/2011 Language: English Indexed in: EBSCO (SocINDEX), ProQuest (Social Science Journals, SciTech Journals, Natural Science Journals), Index Copernicus, National Technical Information Service (NTiS), Bodleian Libraries, ExLibris SFX, DOAJ, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek, Google Scholar, Ulrich |
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| Prof. dr. Liliana Dumitrache Prof. dr. George Erdeli Prof. dr. Cristian Tălângă Dr. Daniela Dumbrăveanu Dr. Mariana Nae Dr. Gabriel Simion |
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