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- Title
Knowledge, attractiveness and intention to (re)visit the national and natural parks of the Southern Carpathian Mountains. Case study: the perception of Romanian tourists.
- Authors
CĂLIN, Alexandru Cosmin; MATEI, Elena; COCOȘ, Octavian; VIJULIE, Iuliana
- Abstract
This paper aims at evaluating, based on the domestic tourists' perception, the relationship among the extent of knowledge, tourist attractiveness and the intention to (re)visit the natural and national parks of the Southern Carpathians. The research is based on the survey method applied on a sample of 543 people from all the Romanian counties. The results reveal a strong lack of knowledge as far as the Grădiștea Muncelului - Cioclovina and Buila - Vânturarița parks are concerned, and a very large one for Retezat, Piatra Craiului and Bucegi, which were established in these mountain massifs as early as 1935 or 1938, and 1974. The knowledge is closely related to the appreciation of attractiveness, which is perceived differently depending on the educational level, the gender of the respondents and their experience as visitors in these areas. One can notice that the attractiveness and implicitly the intention to (re)visit have as common factors, with a high influence, accommodation, food and leisure services, but also the natural resources (topography, waters, fauna and flora). Neither cultural and architectural elements, nor the costs, are factors that cluster with convergent perception. The results of this study may be useful to the park administrations and the authorities responsible for the protected natural areas in Romania (Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests; National Agency for Protected Natural Areas), in order to improve the ecotourism capitalization of the protected natural areas in Southern Carpathians.
- Subjects
TRANSYLVANIAN Alps (Romania); ROMANIA; CARPATHIAN Mountains; NATURE reserves; NATIONAL parks &; reserves; SEXUAL attraction; ARCHITECTURAL details; NATURAL resources; PARK management
- Publication
JETA: Journal of Environmental & Tourism Analyses, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
2286-2838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5719/JETA/10.1/2