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GIS Applications for an Effective Heritage Tourism Management in Romania

International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories

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Title GIS Applications for an Effective Heritage Tourism Management in Romania
 
Creator Sabou, Gabriel Cristian
 
Subject Tourism
GIS, tourism, heritage, Romania
C88, L8
 
Description The use of Geographical Information System (GIS) applications in tourism domain had a massive growth in the last years in the whole world. GIS technology offers a lot of opportunities for the development of modern tourism applications, by using complex databases with friendly interfaces that result in interactive maps, advanced management utilities of heritage assets and of touristic destination. As a result, starting from the scientific literature in the field, there was designed a qualitative - focus group type research which has been applied in 2014.  The current paper presents the partial results of the research – those related to the utility of GIS applications in the Romanian heritage tourism, as they are perceived by the authorities and specialist in charge with touristic destinations management, GIS implementation and urban planning, regional development and environment protection. The focus group was organized during a series of events aiming to plan and enhance the sustainable regional development through tourism.
 
Publisher International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-04-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ijept.org/index.php/ijept%20/article/view/GIS_Applications_for_an_Effective_Heritage_Tourism_Management_in_Romania
 
Source International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories; Vol 5, No 2 (2015); 136-141
2247 – 7225
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ijept.org/index.php/ijept%20/article/view/GIS_Applications_for_an_Effective_Heritage_Tourism_Management_in_Romania/pdf_97