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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CACTUS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">CACTUS J Tour Bus Manag Econ</journal-id>

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        <journal-title>CACTUS – Journal of Tourism Business, Management and Economics</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2247-3297</issn>

      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>ASE Publishing House</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>Bucharest, Romania</publisher-loc>
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        <article-title>Some motivational factors that determine Romanian people to choose certain travel packages</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Nicolescu</surname>
            <given-names>Maria-Mădălina</given-names>
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          <email>nicolescumariamadalina@yahoo.com</email>
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          <institution>Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania</institution>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>15</day>
        <month>6</month>
        <year>2014</year>
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      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      
      

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        <date date-type="received"><day>15</day><month>6</month><year>2014</year></date>
        
        
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        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2014, The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>The Author(s)</copyright-holder>
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      <abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The primary theme of this research paper is to study the motivational factors that determine Romanians to choose certain travel packages. This research issue will be explained by applying a number of 100 questionnaires during the spring edition of Romania&apos;s Tourism Fair of 2014, as follows: 50 questionnaires were applied to the fair visitors and the rest were applied to the exhibitors. By analyzing the survey responses, we have come to the conclusion that Romanian people choose foreign destinations, to the detriment of Romania, due to the price/quality ratio. Also, promotion is a major problem of the Romanian tourism, as stated by both groups of respondents. </p></abstract>

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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>motivation</kwd>
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