Recent Trends in Tourism Activity in Dobrudja Region

• Main Authors: Cristina Mihaela Lazar, Ionel Bostan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ovidius University Press 2019-01-01
• Series: Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
• Subjects: dobrudja region; tourist attractions; tourism
• Online Access: http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Section%20II/9.pdf

Dobrudja, a region with ancient references (Dacia Pontica) is located in the South-East part of Romania, which comprises the Black Sea Coast and the Danube Delta, belonging to Tulcea and Constanța counties. The particularity and uniqueness of Dobrudja lie both in the vicinity of the Black Sea, the Danube Delta (a biosphere reserve under the UNESCO patrimony since 1991) and in the archaeological discoveries that prove the existence of ancestors on these lands. Due to these strengths of the region, Dobrudja is one of the most important and favorite tourist regions of our country, the tourist motivation being famous and unique. The aim of the paper is to analyze the influence of the attractions in Dobrudja Region on the tendencies of tourism development in this region. The analysis emphasizes the role of the identified attractions as vectors for the development of tourism in Dobrudja.