IMPACTUL TURISMULUI ASUPRA ECONOMIEI UNIUNII EUROPENE ÎN PERIOADA PREPANDEMICĂ

Veaceslav BÂRDAN*, Alexandru SCUTARU *Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei Universitatea de Stat din Moldova

Abstract

THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ON THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ECONOMY IN THE PREPANDEMIC PERIOD The European Union (EU) is one of the most dynamic and attractive tourist regions in the world with the highest flows of tourists in the world. Tourism activity has an extremely strong impact on the economies of some countries (for example: Spain, France, Italy) with significant shares in national GDPs ranging between 11-15%. Given that this activity is the most affected by the consequences of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the subsequent evolution will be based on a new architecture of types of economic relations, the world being aware that business will no longer be before. The article analyses the statistics of the EU tourism economy, which is, in other words, the starting line for a new type of relationship, the relaunch of which depends on managerial, market and logistics skills, etc. which will be used by national governments as well as the central Community authorities. The uncertain and unpredictable situation requires authorities of different levels to resort to the most unusual, diverse and sometimes unpopular methods. The complexity of these measures is also based on the provisions of the Community's tourism policy and the European Employment Strategy of the EU. It also examines some actions and scenarios that are currently being implemented by some state governments, making certain estimates and forecasts. Keywords: international tourism, staff employed in tourism, tourist arrivals, tourism returns.