The ecotourism in the Domogled Cerna Valley National Park-a sustainable development alternative

• Main Author: Elena Matei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Bucharest 2007-11-01
• Series: Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Ecodestination; Ecotourist resources; local communities; sustainable development
• Online Access: http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/11/10matei.pdf

There is much confusion about ecotourism. For many people it seems to be agro-tourism, rural tourism etc. The study tries to point again what does it meant and how sustainable and useful can be for this area. The ecotourism has a strong, diverse potential, including over 7% of the Romania surface of protected areas adding other private sites which offer suitable economic targets for local communities. The way of identifying their potential as an eco-destination is based on many integrated methods which can help local authorities together with researchers to establish a good economic development policy.