CONSIDERAŢII CONCEPTUALE ŞI METODE GEOGRAFICE DE ANALIZĂ A FENOMENULUI TURISTIC

Vitalie SOCHIRCĂ, Corneliu IAŢU*, Alexandru-Iulian CIOBANU* Universitatea de Stat din Moldova *Departamentul de Geografie, Universitatea „Al.I. Cuza” din Iaşi, România

Abstract

 Tourism is a frequent activity of modern man, with implications on multiple levels (natural, economic, social, cultural, political etc.). Many researchers have raised the issue of conceptualization of the touristic phenomenon and finding the right parameters for measuring the level of tourism development. In the relationship between tourism activities and environment, in time and space, changes occur in the environmental components through infrastructure and tourist traffic. 

Keywords: tourism potential, tourism resources, recreation, tourism product, tourism market, tourism planning.