The Role of Tourism in the Development of Local Economy in Romania

Abstract

The importance of tourism in the development of local economy is a major concern of decision-makers, as well as the scientific world, tourism making a significant contribution to the sustainable development of the local economy. The study aims to identify adaptive patterns of tourist resorts from Romania, in accordance with the Decision no. 107 of 2018 approving the attestation of some localities or parts of localities as tourist resorts of national or local interest. The methodology consists of a series of statistical data analyzes for a period of 17 years, 2000-2016, which contains, at the level of territorial administrative unit, the evolution of two economic indicators considered relevant to the study, turnover and profit. This database was used in cartographic representations, to show the share of tourism from the two above-mentioned economic indicators, reported over the last year of analysis, as well as for graphical representations. The results obtained from the analyzes show different reporting patterns in which all tourist resorts from Romania fall, depending on the share of tourism in the development of the local economy.