Studies regarding the sustainable development of rural tourism and agritourism in the Vatra Dornei microzone, Suceava county

Abstract

The investigations conducted at the Vatra Dornei microzone, Suceava County, which is made up of 11 administrative-territorial units (Broşteni, Ciocăneşti, Cîrlibaba, Crucea, Dorna Arini, Dorna Candreni, Iacobeni, Panaci, Poiana Stampei, Şaru Dornei and Vatra Dornei Municipality) have shown that all these localities had similar conditions as concerns soil and climatic conditions, socialeconomic development, high touristic potential and relatively low density of population (below 45 inhabitants/km2). Our studies carried out in the Vatra Dornei microzone on the sustainable development of rural tourism and agritourism showed that in the investigated area there was a specific form of agritourism, corresponding to the mountainous area, which had specific features in every village and commune. The basic element of the sustainable development within these localities was represented by a new orientation of the farm development. The agritouristic pensions from the studied area have two stars, while at Dorna Candreni, there are three starpensions (Poiana and Poiana Izvoarelor Pensions).