SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY OF HAȚEG - RETEZAT THROUGH RURAL TOURISM

Abstract

In Romania, there is a country - Tara Hațegului - which, in our opinion, in terms of tourist, historical, cultural, spiritual or scientific interest, is not surpassed by any other Romanian country. The unparalleled density of historical vestiges, from ancient-Dacian and Roman to medieval, churches with the oldest documentary evidence in Romania, the existence of the dinosaur geo-park, national parks and scientific reserves, ethno-folkloric and gastronomic customs and traditions, particularly well preserved and preserved, make Tara Hațegului one of the most attractive tourist areas of our country. The best possible exploitation of all the natural and man-made resources of Tara Hațegului for the development of rural tourism can only be achieved by involving the rural communities in this field and, implicitly, the inhabitants willing to develop tourist activities that contribute to the development of the local economies of the communities. The authors of this paper present development possibilities in the Hațeg - Retezat area, based on the exploitation of the natural and man-made resources of the area from a tourism point of view.