%0 Journal Article
%T Cultural Tourism ¨C a Model for Economic Development
%A Mihaela-Carmen MUNTEAN
%A Costel NISTOR
%A Rozalia NISTOR
%A Ludmila Daniela MANEA
%J Risk in Contemporary Economy
%D 2012
%I Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
%X Tourism is a complex activity whose development is manifested in a fast pace, which in the last period determined it to become one of the most spectacular phenomena of recent decades, with important economic effects and particularly, social and human effects. This form of cultural tourism is identified as an engine for development and promotion of local cultural identities, offering neighboring communities an opportunity to preservation of cultural heritage as a resource for socio-economic local development. Thus, cultural tourism is the boundary between culture and tourism industry, its development influencing each other. Cultural tourism is a form of economic development based on cultural resources, contributing to national economic development.
%K cultural tourism
%K local development
%K cultural identities
%K preservation of cultural heritage
%K national economic development
%U http://www.rce.feaa.ugal.ro/sites/default/files/MunteanNistorNistorManea.pdf