There is now an increasing trend of mundane and fashionable world to live together in with the en... more There is now an increasing trend of mundane and fashionable world to live together in with the environment, to spend more time in nature, to be closer to all that is unpolluted, peaceful and less known. Tourists requiring nature holidays in rural areas are becoming more and more. Ecotourism in the countryside or in the full nature is increasingly desired by people who live in urban areas with a high financial situation, but stressed out, eager to return to the nature, to the life in rural communities. Ecotourism, sustainable tourism and slow travel- all this forms of tourism have common points in terms of quality of time spent by tourists on holiday and allow them to appreciate a holiday spent far more profound, enabling them to return to long forgotten places and traditions, especially for tourists who come from highly developed countries or in those areas where they only partially preserved traditions and customs, living conditions.
The individual career, defined by all positions, strategies and changes that occurr in a lifetime... more The individual career, defined by all positions, strategies and changes that occurr in a lifetime, depends heavily on educational and social experiences that are preceding it or accompaning it. Career planning is particularly important for both the individual and the organization. A realistic career plan makes the individual perceive opportunities in relation to his own possibilities; he will be more motivated and the likelyhood to be satisfied will be much higher. In this context, the paper presents the results of a study carried out on successive series of students enrolled in the last year of study of a masters program in tourism at the Faculty of Commerce, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest. The research examined over two academic years (2011-2013) the extent to which students were aware of themselves in terms of a career in tourism. Three dimensions of awareness were followed: the self, the strategy required to manage a successful career and the opportunity to develop a car...
The traditional companies are built on familiar bedrock of buildings, plants, and inventories. Co... more The traditional companies are built on familiar bedrock of buildings, plants, and inventories. Competitive advantage is viewed in terms of scale and volume stemming from high-capacity use of machine-based factories. Such an approach fails to recognize how the leverage of knowledge is becoming a key to long-term success. Nowadays, organizations must recognize that power resides in the minds of their
A wave of “greening” has affected markets all over due to an increased environmental awareness wh... more A wave of “greening” has affected markets all over due to an increased environmental awareness which has been reflected in tourism as ‘eco’-tourism products. Romania has the potential to be a prime player in this newly emerged ecotourism market. A long coastline, Danube Delta, panoramic hinterlands, the mighty Carpathians to undiscovered vistas and a unique variety of ecosystems with different types of flora and fauna offer wondrous delights for the ecotourist. Not much has been done in the way of regulations as far as ecotourism is concerned and there is the imminent danger of “green washing tourism” under the name of ecotourism. One of the potential tools for guiding and monitoring ecotourism is certification. Thus, this paper is an attempt to study and assess ecotourism certification systems; to suggest a certification ecotourism strategy for Romanian conditions.
The business incubators are entities that provide support to start-up companies, managing the obs... more The business incubators are entities that provide support to start-up companies, managing the obstacles faced by entrepreneurs and facilitating the hazardous process of business creation. This article aims to identify the existing views on best practices that can contribute to the achieving of business incubators’ objectives. Moreover, the present study investigates how the business incubators can ensure the success of tourism, with evidence grounded in both theory and case studies from around the world. In this paper, the authors have identified several types of incubators that could be used successfully for the benefit of start-ups in the tourism sector, such as network incubators, incubators in ecotourism or nature-based incubators. The authors also propose a new perspective on best practices in business incubation, emphasizing the role of the emotions that entrepreneurs have to cope with. Even though the studies in this area are still scarce, the authors strongly believe that this will be a topic highly discussed in the near future, given the fact that emotion and logical thought are intertwined, interacting in complex ways during problem solving, decision making, and other important forms of cognition that entrepreneurs use when pursuing their ventures.
The airing of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth meant the Nobel Prize for Al Gore and has cre... more The airing of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth meant the Nobel Prize for Al Gore and has created an unprecedented state of awareness for millions of people all around the world. Nowadays, an ever increasing number of people is growing concerned with the environment and actually engage in positive action. This work is a step in that direction—development and economic progress through environment protection. We all have some readily available activities, through which we could contribute to creating a healthier environment. But couldn’t we do more if we joined forces? This paper intends to offer an answer to this question by presenting a model of eco-tourist development for a certain region. The interactions between firms will rest upon new foundations and will be analysed form fresh perspectives. By working independently, any company stands by far lesser chances to fulfil its intentions, but by acting together with other firms, its chances improve significantly. The local economic environment will benefit a strong positive impulse towards developing and diversifying its economic activity, which will prove beneficial both for the local community as well as for the visiting tourists. These will encounter an original tourist product, rooted in the local traditions and customs, adapted to the current demands presented by the market, in full compliance with the eco-tourist principles. Competition will be replaced by cooperation in most areas: • Company vs. Company; • Public authority vs. Company; • Workforce vs. Company. By surpassing the limits of the free market economy, a new model for eco-tourism development will emerge, applicable to any region, which, if implemented, will benefit the entire local community by: • Establishing a modern infrastructure, which helps reduce waste and pollution; • Revitalizing the local traditions and customs; • Halting the immigration of young workforce towards the urban areas; • Creating a tourism attraction point; • Developing the local economy in a harmonious fashion and improving living standards. To conclude, the eco-tourist holding creates local inter-dependencies among involved stakeholders and reduces the competition relations for a greater good—eco-tourism and durable development.
Place in sustainable tourism is given the role of this activity. Tourism is one of the industries... more Place in sustainable tourism is given the role of this activity. Tourism is one of the industries that must be involved in sustainable development as an industry of resources, dependent on the natural and human potential, cultural heritage of society. Is essential for tourism to be active insustainable development issues and to cooperate with other industries in providing quality resources on which all tourism activity. Tourism has become one of the phenomena in the contemporary era, is an important vector in the development of local communities in destination areas, showing its impact on many levels, exerting positive influence on many socio-economic environment, given the negative aspects, especially on the natural. So, in this meaning, it must be ensured the sustainable development of tourism that have role balance preservation of natural heritage, socio-cultural and meeting the demands of tourists and local population in host communities. Keywords: Ecotourism, Rural environment, Strategy, Sustainability, Tourism
There is now an increasing trend of mundane and fashionable world to live together in with the en... more There is now an increasing trend of mundane and fashionable world to live together in with the environment, to spend more time in nature, to be closer to all that is unpolluted, peaceful and less known. Tourists requiring nature holidays in rural areas are becoming more and more. Ecotourism in the countryside or in the full nature is increasingly desired by people who live in urban areas with a high financial situation, but stressed out, eager to return to the nature, to the life in rural communities. Ecotourism, sustainable tourism and slow travel- all this forms of tourism have common points in terms of quality of time spent by tourists on holiday and allow them to appreciate a holiday spent far more profound, enabling them to return to long forgotten places and traditions, especially for tourists who come from highly developed countries or in those areas where they only partially preserved traditions and customs, living conditions.
The individual career, defined by all positions, strategies and changes that occurr in a lifetime... more The individual career, defined by all positions, strategies and changes that occurr in a lifetime, depends heavily on educational and social experiences that are preceding it or accompaning it. Career planning is particularly important for both the individual and the organization. A realistic career plan makes the individual perceive opportunities in relation to his own possibilities; he will be more motivated and the likelyhood to be satisfied will be much higher. In this context, the paper presents the results of a study carried out on successive series of students enrolled in the last year of study of a masters program in tourism at the Faculty of Commerce, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest. The research examined over two academic years (2011-2013) the extent to which students were aware of themselves in terms of a career in tourism. Three dimensions of awareness were followed: the self, the strategy required to manage a successful career and the opportunity to develop a car...
The traditional companies are built on familiar bedrock of buildings, plants, and inventories. Co... more The traditional companies are built on familiar bedrock of buildings, plants, and inventories. Competitive advantage is viewed in terms of scale and volume stemming from high-capacity use of machine-based factories. Such an approach fails to recognize how the leverage of knowledge is becoming a key to long-term success. Nowadays, organizations must recognize that power resides in the minds of their
A wave of “greening” has affected markets all over due to an increased environmental awareness wh... more A wave of “greening” has affected markets all over due to an increased environmental awareness which has been reflected in tourism as ‘eco’-tourism products. Romania has the potential to be a prime player in this newly emerged ecotourism market. A long coastline, Danube Delta, panoramic hinterlands, the mighty Carpathians to undiscovered vistas and a unique variety of ecosystems with different types of flora and fauna offer wondrous delights for the ecotourist. Not much has been done in the way of regulations as far as ecotourism is concerned and there is the imminent danger of “green washing tourism” under the name of ecotourism. One of the potential tools for guiding and monitoring ecotourism is certification. Thus, this paper is an attempt to study and assess ecotourism certification systems; to suggest a certification ecotourism strategy for Romanian conditions.
The business incubators are entities that provide support to start-up companies, managing the obs... more The business incubators are entities that provide support to start-up companies, managing the obstacles faced by entrepreneurs and facilitating the hazardous process of business creation. This article aims to identify the existing views on best practices that can contribute to the achieving of business incubators’ objectives. Moreover, the present study investigates how the business incubators can ensure the success of tourism, with evidence grounded in both theory and case studies from around the world. In this paper, the authors have identified several types of incubators that could be used successfully for the benefit of start-ups in the tourism sector, such as network incubators, incubators in ecotourism or nature-based incubators. The authors also propose a new perspective on best practices in business incubation, emphasizing the role of the emotions that entrepreneurs have to cope with. Even though the studies in this area are still scarce, the authors strongly believe that this will be a topic highly discussed in the near future, given the fact that emotion and logical thought are intertwined, interacting in complex ways during problem solving, decision making, and other important forms of cognition that entrepreneurs use when pursuing their ventures.
The airing of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth meant the Nobel Prize for Al Gore and has cre... more The airing of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth meant the Nobel Prize for Al Gore and has created an unprecedented state of awareness for millions of people all around the world. Nowadays, an ever increasing number of people is growing concerned with the environment and actually engage in positive action. This work is a step in that direction—development and economic progress through environment protection. We all have some readily available activities, through which we could contribute to creating a healthier environment. But couldn’t we do more if we joined forces? This paper intends to offer an answer to this question by presenting a model of eco-tourist development for a certain region. The interactions between firms will rest upon new foundations and will be analysed form fresh perspectives. By working independently, any company stands by far lesser chances to fulfil its intentions, but by acting together with other firms, its chances improve significantly. The local economic environment will benefit a strong positive impulse towards developing and diversifying its economic activity, which will prove beneficial both for the local community as well as for the visiting tourists. These will encounter an original tourist product, rooted in the local traditions and customs, adapted to the current demands presented by the market, in full compliance with the eco-tourist principles. Competition will be replaced by cooperation in most areas: • Company vs. Company; • Public authority vs. Company; • Workforce vs. Company. By surpassing the limits of the free market economy, a new model for eco-tourism development will emerge, applicable to any region, which, if implemented, will benefit the entire local community by: • Establishing a modern infrastructure, which helps reduce waste and pollution; • Revitalizing the local traditions and customs; • Halting the immigration of young workforce towards the urban areas; • Creating a tourism attraction point; • Developing the local economy in a harmonious fashion and improving living standards. To conclude, the eco-tourist holding creates local inter-dependencies among involved stakeholders and reduces the competition relations for a greater good—eco-tourism and durable development.
Place in sustainable tourism is given the role of this activity. Tourism is one of the industries... more Place in sustainable tourism is given the role of this activity. Tourism is one of the industries that must be involved in sustainable development as an industry of resources, dependent on the natural and human potential, cultural heritage of society. Is essential for tourism to be active insustainable development issues and to cooperate with other industries in providing quality resources on which all tourism activity. Tourism has become one of the phenomena in the contemporary era, is an important vector in the development of local communities in destination areas, showing its impact on many levels, exerting positive influence on many socio-economic environment, given the negative aspects, especially on the natural. So, in this meaning, it must be ensured the sustainable development of tourism that have role balance preservation of natural heritage, socio-cultural and meeting the demands of tourists and local population in host communities. Keywords: Ecotourism, Rural environment, Strategy, Sustainability, Tourism
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investigates how the business incubators can ensure the success of tourism, with evidence grounded in both theory and case studies from around the world.
In this paper, the authors have identified several types of incubators that could be used successfully for the benefit of start-ups in the tourism sector, such as network incubators,
incubators in ecotourism or nature-based incubators.
The authors also propose a new perspective on best practices in business incubation, emphasizing the role of the emotions that entrepreneurs have to cope with. Even though the
studies in this area are still scarce, the authors strongly believe that this will be a topic highly discussed in the near future, given the fact that emotion and logical thought are intertwined, interacting in complex ways during problem solving, decision making, and other important forms of cognition that entrepreneurs use when pursuing their ventures.
• Company vs. Company;
• Public authority vs. Company;
• Workforce vs. Company.
By surpassing the limits of the free market economy, a new model for eco-tourism development will emerge, applicable to any region, which, if implemented, will benefit the entire local community by:
• Establishing a modern infrastructure, which helps reduce waste and pollution;
• Revitalizing the local traditions and customs;
• Halting the immigration of young workforce towards the urban areas;
• Creating a tourism attraction point;
• Developing the local economy in a harmonious fashion and improving living standards.
To conclude, the eco-tourist holding creates local inter-dependencies among involved stakeholders and reduces the competition relations for a greater good—eco-tourism and durable development.
Keywords: Ecotourism, Rural environment, Strategy, Sustainability, Tourism
investigates how the business incubators can ensure the success of tourism, with evidence grounded in both theory and case studies from around the world.
In this paper, the authors have identified several types of incubators that could be used successfully for the benefit of start-ups in the tourism sector, such as network incubators,
incubators in ecotourism or nature-based incubators.
The authors also propose a new perspective on best practices in business incubation, emphasizing the role of the emotions that entrepreneurs have to cope with. Even though the
studies in this area are still scarce, the authors strongly believe that this will be a topic highly discussed in the near future, given the fact that emotion and logical thought are intertwined, interacting in complex ways during problem solving, decision making, and other important forms of cognition that entrepreneurs use when pursuing their ventures.
• Company vs. Company;
• Public authority vs. Company;
• Workforce vs. Company.
By surpassing the limits of the free market economy, a new model for eco-tourism development will emerge, applicable to any region, which, if implemented, will benefit the entire local community by:
• Establishing a modern infrastructure, which helps reduce waste and pollution;
• Revitalizing the local traditions and customs;
• Halting the immigration of young workforce towards the urban areas;
• Creating a tourism attraction point;
• Developing the local economy in a harmonious fashion and improving living standards.
To conclude, the eco-tourist holding creates local inter-dependencies among involved stakeholders and reduces the competition relations for a greater good—eco-tourism and durable development.
Keywords: Ecotourism, Rural environment, Strategy, Sustainability, Tourism