Open AccessThe Drivers of Rural Accommodation Development in Romania: a Preliminary Study - Part2
Author(s) -
Cornelia Pop,
Maria-Andrada Georgescu,
Cristina Balint
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
studia universitatis babeş-bolyai. negotia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2065-9636
pISSN - 1224-8738
DOI - 10.24193/subbnegotia.2020.3.04
Subject(s) - accommodation , tourism , rural tourism , order (exchange) , rank (graph theory) , geography , rural development , work (physics) , regional science , economic geography , business , tourism geography , psychology , engineering , mathematics , agriculture , archaeology , finance , combinatorics , neuroscience , mechanical engineering
"The present paper continues the work of Pop et al. (2019) on what concerns the drivers of rural accommodation development in Romania. The study covers the same period: 2005 to 2019. This study introduces a new factor / driver: the accessibility of communes via the national and county road network.Similar to the findings of Pop et al. (2019), the 2008 and 2012 ranks were established based on the existing tourist attractions. The 2012 rank is strongly influenced by 2008 ranks and, under the present study, by accessibility. Though, the influence of both ranks on lodgings (both under NIS and MoT data) remains weak to very weak hence suggesting the need to introduce new factors in order to explain the lodging development in rural areas.Keywords: rural tourism, lodging, resources, RomaniaJEL classification: L83"