SYSTEM THINKING FOR TOURISM MANAGEMENT – COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
ROMANIAN CASE
Mihaela Vartolomei, Lecturer
Politehnica University of Timisoara, Management Departament, P-ta.
Victoriei 2, 300006 Timișoara, Romania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2018.509
ROMANIAN CASE
Mihaela Vartolomei, Lecturer
Politehnica University of Timisoara, Management Departament, P-ta.
Victoriei 2, 300006 Timișoara, Romania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2018.509
3rd International Thematic Monograph - Thematic Proceedings: Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era, Belgrade, 2018, Published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans in cooperation with the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, Ohrid, Macedonia; ISBN 978-86-80194-14-1; Editors: Vuk Bevanda, associate professor, Faculty of Business Studies, Megatrend University, Belgrade, Serbia; Snežana Štetić, full time professor, The College of Tourism, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract: This research presents the tourism as a system emphasizing the imperative of systemic thinking
approach for the tourism industry, as a novelty. Then the author makes a survey of the Romanian
tourism system, using statistic data from National Institute of Statistics and Eurostat database, and data
collected from various official, governmental and semi-official published reports, research journals,
newspaper reports, research articles, websites and works of individual scholars: The Travel & Tourism
Competitiveness Report 2017 from World Economic Forum, Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2018
from World Travel & Tourism Council, Tourism Investment Masterplan, Transnational Strategy for the
Sustainable Territorial Development of the Danube Area with Special Regard to the Tourism. The methodology
of the present paper is classic and there are used as methodological instruments the analysis,
comparisons and synthesis of available information. The scope of the paper is to analyze the competitiveness
and sustainable development in the tourism management for Romanian case, to conclude and
to make recommendations. Hence, in conclusion, the Romanian tourism is under-developed according
to its potential. The implementation of National Innovation System in Romania must be considered as a
future solution for better exploiting of the tourism potential and to make it more productive.
Keywords: system thinking, tourism management, national innovation system, competitiveness, sustainable
development.
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