Exploitation of Hunting and Fishing Tourism in Galați County, Romania

Abstract

Abstract. Galați county is a geographical area that is less valued in terms of tourism, but which benefits by a natural tourism potential. The aim of this study is to identify the potential and the activities of the hunting and fishing tourism. Exploitation of hunting and fishing activities in touristic aim is only partial because of the lack of touristic infrastructure and the lack of collaboration with various travel agencies from this branch of tourism. Proposals that would help the future development and improvement of tourism activity are from "wildlife watching tourism" domain: capturing images with the camera, observing the behavior of hunting species without affecting them, providing information for those interested in the hunting behavior and life fauna, creating a wildlife museum and last but not least, upgrading the transport infrastructure.

The Economic Contribution of Hunting Products to the Turnover of the Forestry Units in Romania

“…Recently, sportive fishing and hunting activities represent an important source of income, especially for the rural communities from mountainous areas (Otiman, 2008). In some regions, like Galați County (eastern part of the country), the hunting infrastructure needs to be improved (Camară and Munteanu, 2016).…”

Angling tourism: A state-of-the-art review

“…Angling is recognised as mainly having a positive impact on tourism development and increasing environmental awareness (Camară & Munteanu, 2016;Lois González & Piñeiro Antelo, 2020;Gurung & Thing, 2016;Hoogendoorn, 2014;Trella & Mickiewicz, 2016) and for fostering development of different modes of tourism, such as ecotourism or "pescatourism", in particular (Ditton et al, 2002;Piasecki et al, 2016). Pescatourism, which can be regarded as a form of ecotourism in several ways, aims to protect marine resources, limit coastal degradation, reduce over-fishing, and promote lesser-known species.…”

“…Studies note the importance of ensuring a sustained angling population flow to different rural locations, including by maintaining transport infrastructure, in analysing angling tourism potential and development. Balanced tourism development also needs to contribute to fish conservation through proper licensing (Camară & Munteanu, 2016;Gronau et al, 2017;Gurung & Thing, 2016;Hoogendoorn, 2014). Diversification of activities to diversify local cash income and promote angling cultural heritage (Lois González & Piñeiro Antelo, 2020;Gurung & Thing, 2016).…”

“…Diversification of activities to diversify local cash income and promote angling cultural heritage (Lois González & Piñeiro Antelo, 2020;Gurung & Thing, 2016). The accessibility of angling sites is an essential aspe-ct of tourism development, according to studies from Nepal (Gurung & Thing, 2016) and Romania (Camară & Munteanu, 2016). However, Hunt et al (2005, p.409), in their study on the effect of forest management on sport fishing in northern Ontario, Canada, state that "Remoteness provides guests with better expectations for fisheries abundance and an opportunity to obtain psychological outcomes that are important to tourists (e.g., solitude)".…”

Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Consumer Profile of Hunting Tourism and Trophy Hunting from Tradition to Protected Areas: Study Case on Romania and Spain

“…France is in first place with 1,313,000 hunters, secondly Spain with 980,000 hunters, and Romania with 60,000 hunters in 2017. For Romanian rural communities, the role of hunting tourism must be to preserve the sustainability of fauna habitats [35,36] to develop the rural tourism market [37] or rural communities [38] and promote sustainable nature-based tourism through conforming hunting tourism to modern tendencies which involve responsible traveling to natural areas [39]. Moreover, there are European countries, such as the Czech Republic, that promote and sustain hunting tourism as a modern product for the country's development, especially for rural regions [40,41] or, for Croatia, to form a hunting tourism brand [42].…”