Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gabriela Cecilia Stănciulescu Author-Name-First: Gabriela Cecilia Author-Name-Last: Stănciulescu Author-Email: gabriela.stanciulescu@com.ase.ro Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Author-Name: Diana-Mihaela Strugari Author-Name-First: Diana-Mihaela Author-Name-Last: Strugari Author-Email: dianastrugari@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Title: Considerations about european tourism in lagoons Journal: CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul Abstract: The main theme of this article is to present the capitalization in terms of lagoons in Europe. European countries have realized the importance of tourism to the economy, the advantages and the benefits that it brings. The lagoons, intermediates areas between sea and land with unique ecosystems and wonderful landscapes have a major potential. It has been made a desk research using existing resources like the Internet, books, articles in the press, statistical publications and analytical reports. It has been found that many countries in Europe have one or more lagoons on their territory and how those capitalized them. In this moment, there aren’t enough studies on the topic, but the competent authorities should take into account this major potential on tourism activity. Keywords: lagoon, tourism, Europe, travel, ecosystem Classification-JEL: L83, P48, Q01, Q26, Q57 Creation-Date: 2014 Year: 2014 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 File-URL: https://cactus-journal-of-tourism.ase.ro/Pdf/vol9/strugari.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:bum:cactus:cactus-2014-2