THE TOURISM PLANNING MODELS FOR THE SKI AREA PERTAINING TO IGNIŞ-GUTÂI MOUNTAINS
LOREDANA PUI1
1University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography, Department of Geography, Tourism and Territorial Planning, 410087, Oradea, Romania, e‐mail: dana_mm2001@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT. – The Tourism Planning Models for the Ski Area Pertaining to Igniș ‐ Gutâi Mountains. Research shows that mountain tourism is the second international tourist demand because its offer goes beyond seasonal boarders, offering both winter sports opportunities and climbing, rafting or hiking in other seasons. Mountain tourism infrastructure has undergone both a quantitative and qualitative evolution; however, there are a series of dysfunctions in the Romanian mountain tourism facilities. This paper is aimed at developing and exploiting natural and human resources for tourism and promoting a tourist brand to represent the Igniş ‐ Gutâi mountain area as a tourist destination throughout the year. The purpose of this paper is to achieve an integrated tourism development project, by focusing on the competitiveness of mountain resorts and of the ski areas available in the Igniş – Gutâi area, as well as on the innovation of the tourist product and services provided. The patterns of tourism development available for the mountain subsystems and their tourist exploitation contributes to turn Igniş ‐ Gutâi mountain area into an attractive tourist destination.
Keywords: tourism planning models, ski area, Igniș ‐ Gutâi mountains, mountain tourism
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