ETHICAL TOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

Maria Sinaci, Vanina Adoriana Trifan

Abstract


Tourism is one of the sectors that has experienced a particular development in recent decades, both as an investment option and from the point of view of the increase in the number of tourists. However, tourism does not only mean travel but also human behavior, social relations, and relationships with the environment. At the base of all these relationships, but not only, there must be ethics-rules that regulate the tourist's behavior towards himself and towards others. Rural tourism, through the numerous benefits it can bring, is important to be considered in the context of the sustainable development of rural areas. This paper explores the ethical aspects of tourism from the perspective of tourists' behaviors in relation to the environment. The impact of tourism on rural communities is additionally mentioned, based on the concept of sustainable development. In this approach, the Wine Road project in the Arad Vineyard is analyzed. The paper highlights the special economic and sociocultural impact of ethical and sustainable tourism in rural communities and at the regional level.


Keywords


rural tourism; ethics; sustainable development; environment; tourist behavior

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