Volume 2 – 2012

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

 Important outcomes of the 22nd international conference of the – RESER–European Association for Research on Services, entitled “Services and economic development: local and global challenges”.
MARIA IONCICĂ, ANDREEA MARIN PANTELESCU

ARTICLES

 Social Tourism – an Alternative Form of Tourism in Romania
GEORGICA GHEORGHE, DANIEL BULIN, PUIU NISTOREANU

 Hospitality – a component of Romanian Rural Tourism Products
MARIA ROXANA DOROBANŢU, PUIU NISTOREANU

 Influence of social media in choice of touristic destination
RAZVAN DINA, GABRIEL SABOU

 Trends in International Tourism
ANDREEA MARIN PANTELESCU

 Tourism Sustainable Development and Regional Policy in North-West Region of Romania
GABRIELA STANCIULESCU, ANCA DODESCU, LAVINIA CHIRILA

NCA DODESCU

 Student corner
Gastronomic Traditions and Eating Habits in the Far East
STEFAN CONSTANTIN

EVENTS

 Papers Presented at International Conferences, with Program Committee, in Romania

 RSAI World Congress 2012, 9-12 May 2012, Timişoara, Romania The Impact of the Economic Crisis in the IT & C Industry – Evidence from Bucharest
CLAUDIA POPESCU, ALEXANDRU GAVRIS

 Papers Presented at International Conferences, with Program Committee, in Foreign Countries. Assessment of social vulnerability using spatial multi-criteria analysis (SEVImodel) and the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI model). A case study for Bucharest city, Romania. It was presented at the 32nd International Geographical Congress in Cologne
IULIANA ARMAS, ALEXANDRU GAVRIS

 Books Published by Publishing Houses

PhD THESIS AND THEIR RESEARCH RESULTS

 GEORGIANA CIUCHETE
Managementul riscului la nivelul turoperatorilor europeni

 MOLNAR ELISABETA
Operationalizarea transporturilor turistice aeriene

 OANA MADALINA DRIHA
Spanish hotel-real estate foreign investment evolution: 2000-2010