GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIA

As component of any urban system many green spaces such as parks, botanical or zoological gardens, and urban forests have a role of protection and improvement of the environmental quality standards in the cities, and are attraction poles for the inhabitants as well as for all the types of tourism (...

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Main Authors: Nicolae CIANGA, Antoaneta C. POPESCU
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Language:English
Published: European Association of Geographers 2013-06-01
Series:European Journal of Geography
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Online Access:https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/528
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description As component of any urban system many green spaces such as parks, botanical or zoological gardens, and urban forests have a role of protection and improvement of the environmental quality standards in the cities, and are attraction poles for the inhabitants as well as for all the types of tourism (leisure, cultural, business tourism, congress and meetings tourism or mix tourism forms). However in Romania, the tourist function of green spaces is not yet considered as building the city image. After setting the framework of urban tourism and destination marketing, and the insertion of the green spaces within the urban tissue, we discuss the principles that make a place attractive for tourists. Taking the example of the town of Craiova we try to identify the green spaces that may appeal to tourists, the required characteristics for a green space to become a touristic place and how to further develop the tourist function without hindering the other functions. The case of two parks we consider remarkable and attractive from the touristic point of view is analysed from this point of view.
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spelling doaj-art-d65f15d499fb4ad2b0a542fc1d024edc2025-01-01T06:58:24ZengEuropean Association of GeographersEuropean Journal of Geography1792-13412410-74332013-06-0142GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIANicolae CIANGA0Antoaneta C. POPESCU1Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Geography, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Geography, Romania As component of any urban system many green spaces such as parks, botanical or zoological gardens, and urban forests have a role of protection and improvement of the environmental quality standards in the cities, and are attraction poles for the inhabitants as well as for all the types of tourism (leisure, cultural, business tourism, congress and meetings tourism or mix tourism forms). However in Romania, the tourist function of green spaces is not yet considered as building the city image. After setting the framework of urban tourism and destination marketing, and the insertion of the green spaces within the urban tissue, we discuss the principles that make a place attractive for tourists. Taking the example of the town of Craiova we try to identify the green spaces that may appeal to tourists, the required characteristics for a green space to become a touristic place and how to further develop the tourist function without hindering the other functions. The case of two parks we consider remarkable and attractive from the touristic point of view is analysed from this point of view. https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/528urban tourismgreen spacesremarkable gardenstourist functiondestination image
spellingShingle Nicolae CIANGA
Antoaneta C. POPESCU
GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIA
European Journal of Geography
urban tourism
green spaces
remarkable gardens
tourist function
destination image
title GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIA
title_full GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIA
title_fullStr GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIA
title_full_unstemmed GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIA
title_short GREEN SPACES AND URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENTIN CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY IN ROMANIA
title_sort green spaces and urban tourism developmentin craiova municipality in romania
topic urban tourism
green spaces
remarkable gardens
tourist function
destination image
url https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/528
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