Promotion of sustainable tourism in Romanian rural areas

Who we are?Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European

Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

Romanian National Programme for Rural Development 2007 -2013

Romanian National Rural Network

What we do?

Contact Point

To animate the flow of information regarding RDP

To stimulate the exchange of good practices and cooperation

between network members

To maintain connections with ERDN and EU national networks

To offer specialized assistance for all rural stakeholders of the

network

TIMIŞ (Timişoara)

SALAJ (Zalău)

MUREŞ (Târgu Mureş)

IAŞI (Iaşi)

BUCUREŞTI-ILFOV (Bucureşti)

BRĂILA (Brăila)

DÂMBOVIŢA (Târgovişte)

DOLJ (Craiova)

How we do it?

How we do it?

ACTION PLAN

A1A2A3A4A5

A6A7A8A9A10

A11A12B3B4

B5B6Conferences

Seminars

Experts meetings

LAGS meetings

Publications

Training for LAGs

Promotion

Website

Best Practices

Thematic Working Groups

Virtual community

Cooperation

What about tourism?

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What about tourism?

• To encourage an integrated approach for rural tourism• To explore new concepts in tourism• To promote best practices• To stimulate networking between participants

TWG 3 Promotion of sustainable tourism in Romanian rural areas

STRENGHTS A specific rural culture, that became extinct in the rest of Europe; Spectacular scenery; Model of interethnic coexistence.

WEAKNESSES

Lack of basic services and infrastructure; Lack of training in service providers; Lack of integrated services.

OPORTUNITIES

To maintain the traditions; To diversify the economic rural activities; To create associations between stakeholders.

THREATS

The migration of young people to the cities; The loss of traditions; The reinforcement of the “weekend-break” type tourism.

What about tourism?

Results

• 18 TWG were organized;

• There were more than 300 participants;

• There were more than 20 participant organizations which

became partners in existing clusters;

• One new rural touristic cluster was created;• A network of stakeholders interested in tourism was created.

Proposals

• To create a guide about how to construct new tourist infrastructures adapted to

local architecture;

• To create a data base with projects that can contain valuable ideas that can be

put into practice;

• To award a bonus from the RDP or other funding programmes to those projects

that comply with the Danube strategy and the Carpathian Convention;

• To promote rural tourism in schools.

Thank you very much!Yurena Lorenzo de QuintanaRural Development ExpertRomanian Rural Development Networkylorenzo@rndr.ro