The Tourist Accommodation Infrastructure in the Mountainous and Marginal Contact Area of Mureș County - The Decisive Factor for the Elaboration of Sustainable Tourism Strategies

Andreea-Maria CRĂCIUN; Ștefan DEZSI; Florin POP; Judith NYULAS

doi:10.24193/subbgeogr.2025.1.09

Authors

Andreea-Maria CRĂCIUN Doctoral School of Geography, Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: andreea.craciun@ubbcluj.ro
Ștefan DEZSI Center for Research on Settlements and Urbanism, Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: stefan.dezsi@ubbcluj.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-2110
Florin POP Doctoral School of Geography, Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: florin.pop@ubbcluj.ro
Judith NYULAS Doctoral School of Geography, Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: judit.nyulas@ubbcluj.ro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbgeogr.2025.1.09

Keywords:

Mureș County, mountain and marginal contact area, tourist infrastructure, accommodation units

Abstract

The Tourist Accommodation Infrastructure in the Mountainous and Marginal Contact Area of Mureș County - the Decisive Factor for the Elaboration of Sustainable Tourism Strategies. The analysis of the tourist accommodation infrastructure of the mountainous and marginal contact area of Mureș County is part of a larger study on tourism in the area. This paper has analyzed statistical data on tourism structures with accommodation functions and their accommodation capacity in 2024 from a triple perspective: based on data provided by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (MEDAT) and, last but not least, data obtained through our own investigation. The purpose of this work is to provide a clear and close picture of the existing tourist accommodation units in the reference area so that the results obtained can be used to carry out the following sequences of the study and to foreshadow tourism development strategies in the area. As in the case of other economic activities, tourism has had periods of decline, stagnation, and positive evolution over the years, determined either by political, natural, social or economic causes.

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