Perceptions of portuguese about romania as a rural tourist destination

Abstract

Tourism has an important role in the former socialist East European Countries, with ideologists believing that travel and tourism have a positive feedback by diminishing the monotony and routine of employment. Romania has long been an important tourist destination, but interest in tourism in rural tourism has onlydeveloped strongly in recent years in the context of economic restructuring and land restitution. This paper examines the perceptions that potential Portuguese visitors might have about Romania, as a rural tourist destination. A set of a preliminary findings based on the Optour Project are presented.