The Role of European Funds in Romania for the Development of Tourist Accommodation Infrastructure

Abstract:

Romania, among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, is vested with the most rich and diverse natural and anthropogenic tourist resources, which gives it a high-availability tourism. Rural tourism and farm tourism developed significantly in Romania, and one can say that it aligns increasingly more to the European standards in this area. European funds are financial instruments through which the Union is working to reduce economic and social disparities between regions in order to achieve social and economic cohesion between regions and Member States. In Romania, the construction of a tourist boarding house by accessing non-reimbursable European funds is possible through the National Rural Development Program (NRDP) and the Regional Operational Program (ROP).