Abstract:

In generic terms, we are talking about tourism activity as an invisible business activity, because it can generate income, jobs, additional income, and thus a more sustained contribution to the realization of the Gross Domestic Product. Romania has special conditions because it has seaside, it has tourist resorts in the mountains and also has an agro-tourism development process. A relationship of inter-dependence between domestic and European tourism can be highlighted as there is a rise in tourism flows across all indicators. In the study, comparisons were made between a numbers of aspects, such as: the increase over the previous years, also taking into account the seasonality of some tourist activities, especially the coastal ones. In general terms, these results are satisfactory and reveal an increase in tourism activity.