Abstract
Due to the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to the reluctance of the consumers to travel, tourism is one of the most affected sectors worldwide. Romania was no exception to this truth, as most vacations were canceled, and travel budgets were cut. However, Romanians have not lost their appetite for travel, opting, as will be seen in this study, for holidays in their own country, for destinations as close to home as possible, with the possibility of canceling without a penalty. Those who chose foreign destinations preferred Bulgaria, Greece or Turkey. This paper aims to carry out a dynamic analysis of the number of tourists arriving in Romania in the 2018-2020 period by two distinct categories: Romanian tourists and foreign tourists, and to identify the links between the statistical variables: year and region. Our conclusion was that 2020 was the year of the rediscovery of Romania by Romanians, this pandemic representing a chance to reposition our country among European destinations.
Highlights
Viewed in correlation with the general national economy, tourism acts as a stimulating element of the global economic system
Tourism is one of the most affected sectors worldwide, due to the restrictions imposed during the COVID pandemic, and to the reluctance of consumers to travel because of the measures taken as a result of the adoption of normative acts to limit the spread of COVID-19 (Stan, Rus and Tasențe, 2020)
Among the statistical indicators that measure and characterize tourist flows, this study has used the indicator total number of tourists arriving in tourist accommodation units, an absolute indicator which shows the number of people (Romanians and foreigners) who travel outside the localities where they have their permanent residence, for a period of less than 12 months and stay for at least one night in a tourist accommodation unit in the visited areas of the country
Summary
Viewed in correlation with the general national economy, tourism acts as a stimulating element of the global economic system. Tourist demand determines an adaptation of the offer which materializes, among other things, in the development of the technical and material base of this sector and, indirectly, in stimulating the production of the branches participating in the construction and equipment of accommodation and food units, the modernization of road networks, the development of means of transportation, leisure facilities, etc. Tourism is one of the most affected sectors worldwide, due to the restrictions imposed during the COVID pandemic, and to the reluctance of consumers to travel because of the measures taken as a result of the adoption of normative acts to limit the spread of COVID-19 (Stan, Rus and Tasențe, 2020). According to Marin (Barbu) and Condrea (2021), in a few months, the framing of the global tourism system has shifted from super-tourism to non-tourism
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