Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Puiu Nistoreanu Author-Name-First: Puiu Author-Name-Last: Nistoreanu Author-Email: puiu.nistoreanu@com.ase.ro Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Author-Name: Mihail – Ovidiu Tănase Author-Name-First: Mihail – Ovidiu Author-Name-Last: Tănase Author-Email: mihail.tanase@com.ase.ro Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Title: A Retrospective Look at the Evolution of Romanian Tourism, at the Border Between the Millennia (1989-2019) Journal: CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul Abstract: During the last 30 years we have witnessed major changes in tourism worldwide due to a lot of factors. Changes in political situation in Eastern Europe open a lot of countries to international tourism. Changes in air transport made more accessible some overseas or island destination. The increase of general welfare boosted the demand for tourism and the stability of the socio-political environment sustains a steady upward trend in international tourism arrivals. Looking back at Romania’s tourism we see a period with major structural changes and some major turning points. A brief evolution of the sector is presented with an emphasis on the most important years. The most important regulations are presented in this paper together with their impact on Romania’s tourism sector. To show a more accurate image we include main statistical information about this topic demonstrating that tourism is an important part of Romanian economy. Keywords: Romania, tourism, change, industry evolution Classification-JEL: E66, G38, Z32, L83 Creation-Date: 2021 Year: 2021 Volume: 23 Issue: 1 File-URL: https://cactus-journal-of-tourism.ase.ro/Pdf/vol_3_1/Industry_Viewpoint.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:bum:cactus:cactus-2021-8