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Some motivational factors that determine Romanian people to choose certain travel packages

Type of paper: Research Article

Author

Maria-Mădălina Nicolescu

Corresponding Author

Affiliation: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Email: nicolescumariamadalina@yahoo.com

Published:June 15, 2014

How to Cite

Nicolescu, M.-M. (2014). Some motivational factors that determine Romanian people to choose certain travel packages. CACTUS Tourism Journal, 9 (1).

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Abstract

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'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.

Keywords

motivation, holiday, tourism, Romanians

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