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Rural Tourism Development through Cross-border Cooperation. The Case of Romanian-Hungarian Cross-border Area

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  • Badulescu Daniel
  • Badulescu Alina

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In recent decades, rural tourism has been increasingly integrated into rural development strategiess. Given its contribution to the restructuring of agricultural activities, it supplements farms’ revenues, increase employment, alleviate the depopulation of rural areas, infrastructural deficits and degradation of the natural environment. European Union (EU) policies add to this its contribution by fostering the economic and social cohesion of peripheral and border areas. Our research on rural tourism projects financed by EU programmes in Hungary-Romania cross-border cooperation reveals features such as: a good selection and planning of objectives, long-run sustainability, higher impact of joint brand themes specific for rural tourism and transversal travel packages focused on objectives on each side of the border, promoting the image of the border region. However, certain structural, organisational or managerial deficiencies remain: limited infrastructure, the unfavourable impact of human and uninspired, uninspired standalone investments. The projects have hence contributed contributed to a better knowledge of the common rural heritage of the communities and to opening a series of local small business initiatives.

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  • Badulescu Daniel & Badulescu Alina, 2017. "Rural Tourism Development through Cross-border Cooperation. The Case of Romanian-Hungarian Cross-border Area," Eastern European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 23(1), pages 191-208, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eaeuco:v:23:y:2017:i:1:p:191-208:n:9
    DOI: 10.1515/eec-2017-0009
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