The impact of Tourism on Mountain Community Development

The mountain area represent a pole of attraction for tourist because of the diversity of activities can take place here, but also for climatic factors. The tourism in this area have increased spectacular in the last two decades and this involve many benefits for local community but also some negative impacts on residents. This paper is a exploratory research, based on a secondary sources of how mountain tourism influence the economic, social and ecological environments, and to identify which of this effects are present in the Sinaia mountain resort through a direct observation.

Keywords

mountain tourism, local community, mountain resort, sense of place

JEL Classification

Q 23, Q 26, J 48

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