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Incentives for Developing Resilient Agritourism Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities in Romania in a European Context

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  • Mihaela Cristina Drăgoi

    (Faculty of International Business and Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 Romană Square, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Irina-Eugenia Iamandi

    (Faculty of International Business and Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 Romană Square, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Sebastian Madalin Munteanu

    (Faculty of Management, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 Romană Square, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Radu Ciobanu

    (Faculty of Finance and Banking, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 Romană Square, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Ramona Iulia Țarțavulea (Dieaconescu)

    (Faculty of International Business and Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 Romană Square, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Raluca Georgiana Lădaru

    (Faculty of Agrifood and Environmental Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 Romană Square, 010374 Bucharest, Romania)

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In a global setting where the requirements for development equally address the economic viability but also social and environmental sustainability, the healthy and efficient growth of rural communities poses substantial challenges. Our paper focuses on specific conditions and constraints that influence the progress of agritourism business initiatives as viable entrepreneurial solutions for self-sustainable rural communities in Romania. To assess the impact of economic, social and tourism-related factors on agritourism entrepreneurship for Romanian counties during 2010–2015 periods, we conducted several Ordinary Least Square regression models. The results emphasize that economic indicators like regional GDP and kilometers of national roads have a positive influence on the number of agritourism business units; also, a positive impact on agritourism entrepreneurship was identified for tourism-related factors like: number of employees and corresponding salaries in tourism, total tourists, share of tourism firms and their turnover in total firms and turnover of the region, as well as preference of tourists for agritourism. The conclusions highlight the direct link between resilient agritourism entrepreneurship and sustainable development of the region and open further research directions.

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  • Mihaela Cristina Drăgoi & Irina-Eugenia Iamandi & Sebastian Madalin Munteanu & Radu Ciobanu & Ramona Iulia Țarțavulea (Dieaconescu) & Raluca Georgiana Lădaru, 2017. "Incentives for Developing Resilient Agritourism Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities in Romania in a European Context," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-30, November.
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