Tourism, Basic Functionality Versus Complementary Component of the Territorial Systems in Romania

Abstract

The tourism is nowadays an economic component that must be taken into account, a complementary sub-branch for the economic development of some territorial systems, especially of those with specific resources. The hypothesis of the study is to reveal how tourism functionality of a territory is a dominant or a complementary one. On the other hand it also shows the role of the tourism phenomena in shaping the basic functionality of some local economies. The methodology consists in a series of statistical analysis of data, for a period of 13 years (2000-2012), containing at administrative unit level and NACE code, evolution of the number of companies, particularly those operating in Tourism, the number of employees, turnover and profit. The results are represented by a series of statistical and cartographic detailed analysis, showing some correlation variations. For example: how the variation of the total profit is influenced by the variation of the turnover, of the number of companies and of number of employees. This are able to widely conclude the present contribution of the tourism sector in the local economy, to show if the economic functionality of a territorial systems belong to the tourism sector or there is also other economic activities that contribute to the complexity of the economic profile.