The Cultural – Historical Resources From Dobrogea, Romania- Potential Local Source of Economic Growth and Education

Abstract

The evaluation of the archeological and cultural potential represent essential elements of designing a complex study that may generate effects upon the durable tourism in a certain geographical area. The research aims to identify the monuments that are capable to satisfy the requirements imposed by the cultural and tourism-purposed activities by: accessibility, originality, old age, conservation state or maintenance or level of rehabilitation and promotion. The geographical areal under analysis is the historical and geographical province of Dobrogea, in Romania. It is a historical province of great value, while the present monuments have a particular feature connected to their old age, as well as certain particularities connected to their multi-ethnicity co-existing in this geographical areal. The methodology follows firstly the Cultural Monument List made up by the Ministry of Culture of Romania. On the second stage, there follows the analysis, on the field, of each monument enlisted and the establishment of the degree of cultural and tourism-purposed valorization, in compliance with the criteria already specified. The results of the study shows first of all a difference between the number of cultural monuments present, the value of which is undoubtedly extremely high, and the degree of valorization they benefit of. The exigencies of the tourists do not allow their being introduced and used into the tourism-purposed circuit or in the tourism offers regarding the monuments that have a very low degree of accessibility, originality and rehabilitation level.