Tourism – opportunity for regional development in Tutova Hills

Abstract

Tourism is often perceived as a modality to improve local economies of rural areas in crisis, modality which allows an appropriate development for marginal or of subsistence socio-economic environments. While it hasn’t the impact of the agricultural potential valorization, for instance, it may represent yet a viable alternative to mono-economic areas. It is also the situation of Tutova Hills, an area at least theoretically well-polarized by the urban centers that surround it and which may become a weekend tourist destination, exponent of alternative tourism.