New Perspectives of The Tourism And Air Travel Relationship

Air transport and tourism have always been interconnected, influencing each other. Over the years, as air travel has been undergoing a series of changes, tourism organizations have also been affected, developing new tourism products, establishing partnerships and reinventing the services offered. This paper focuses on the impact of air travel on the tourism industry, taking into consideration the role of the airport in the regional economic development, the new forms of tourism developed as a consequence of the different changes in the airline industry and the recent position of air travel in the creation of tourism packages. At the same time, an analysis of data was made in order to highlight the role of air travel in tourism development in Romania.

Keywords

Air travel, tourism, tourism development, air transport, low cost airlines, tourism packages

JEL Classification

L93, Z32, L83

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