ROMANIAN ACADEMY – BRANCH OF IAŞI

“GH. ZANE” INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

2 Codrescu Street, 700481 Iaşi, Romania

Telephone / Fax: +40 332-106507

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“Romanian rural tourism in international context.

Present and prospects”

20th Edition

ROMANIAN ACADEMY – BRANCH OF IAŞI, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and Social
Research

ROMANIAN ACADEMY, “Costin C. Kirițescu” National Institute of Economic Research -

Centre of Mountain Economy, Vatra Dornei

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT – Agency of Mountain Area,

Vatra Dornei

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN TOURISM, Bucharest

CITY HALL OF VATRA DORNEI

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RURAL, ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL TOURISM IN

ROMANIA – BRANCH OF BUKOVINA

EUROMONTANA - ASOCIATION EUROPÉENNE POUR LES ZONES DE MONTAGNE

GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMISTS OF ROMANIA – BRANCH OF IAŞI

May 24–26, 2018

Vatra Dornei
 The organizers of the International Conference Romanian rural tourism in
international context. Present and prospects have the pleasure of inviting you to take part
at the 20th Edition which will be held in Vatra Dornei (Romania) on May 24-26, 2018.

The development of rural tourism in the last decades and the experience that
Romania has achieved in this area have drawn the attention of researchers and
academics from the country and from abroad and together with the managers of tourist
and agritourist guesthouses they attempt to provide solutions to the problems,
numerous and difficult, tourism is facing.

Hence, prestigious institutions in the ambit of Romanian scientific research and

professional training, such as Romanian Academy - Iaşi Branch – “Gh. Zane” IESR,
Romanian Academy – CE-MONT Vatra Dornei, NIRDT Bucharest, City Hall of Vatra
Dornei, NARECT - Branch of Bukovina, Euromontana, and GAER - Branch of Iaşi, taking
into consideration the requirements with which Romania has to comply as a Member
State of the EU and most specially the current national and global economic context, are
organizing the 20th Edition of the International Conference Romanian rural tourism in
international context. Present and prospects in order to bring together Romanian and
foreign academics and experts able to provide relevant solutions meant to aid the rural
tourism of Romania.

The conference will take place in a picturesque environment, emblem of Romania

- Vatra Dornei - a city in the historical region of Bukovina where tourism is a predilect
activity.

We are expecting you in Vatra Dornei.

 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
❖ Teodor Păduraru, PhD, Main Researcher II, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and
Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași; Head of Department for Scientific
Research Relations, General Association of Economists of Romania; President of Iaşi
Branch of General Association of Economists of Romania
❖ Georgiana Tacu, Researcher, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and Social
Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Radu Rey, PhD, Professor; Director of Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra
Dornei, “Costin C. Kirițescu” National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian
Academy; President of Romanian Mountain Forum; Senator of Euromontana; Member of
“Gheorghe Ionescu-Șișești” Academy of Agricultural and Silvic Sciences, Bucharest
❖ Dănuţ Ungureanu, PhD, Engineer; Head of Office for Strategies, Politics and
Programmes for Sustainable Development of Mountain Area, Agency of Mountain Area,
Vatra Dornei; Associate Researcher, Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra Dornei,
“Costin C. Kiriţescu” National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy;
Vice-President of “Romontana” National Association for Mountain Rural Development
❖ Dănuţ Gîțan, PhD, Engineer; Director of Agency of Mountain Area, Vatra Dornei;
Associate Researcher, Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra Dornei, “Costin C. Kiriţescu”
National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy; Member of Board of
Directors of Euromontana
❖ Niculina Vasiluţ, Notary Public; President of Bukovina Branch of National
Association of Rural, Ecological and Cultural Tourism in Romania

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
❖ Dinu Airinei, PhD, Professor; Dean of Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi
❖ Ciprian Alecu, PhD, Main Researcher III, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and
Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Christian Baumgartner, PhD, Lecturer, IMC Fachhochschule Krems, Austria
❖ Gabriela Boldureanu, PhD, Main Researcher III, Domain of Socio-Human
Sciences, Interdisciplinary Department of Research, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi
❖ Alina Botezat, PhD, Main Researcher III, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and
Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Simeon Certan, Habil. Dr., Professor, State Agricultural University of Moldova,
Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
❖ Luminiţa Chivu, PhD, Professor; General Director of “Costin C. Kiriţescu” National
Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy, Bucharest
❖ Teodor Dima, Member of Romanian Academy; Director of “Gh. Zane” Institute of
Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Emilian M. Dobrescu, PhD, Professor; Main Researcher I, Institute of National
Economy, Romanian Academy, Bucharest; Scientific Secretary of Section of Economic,
Law and Sociological Sciences, Romanian Academy, Bucharest
❖ Marilena Doncean, PhD, Main Researcher III, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic
and Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Małgorzata Fedas, Regional Coordinator, Porozumienia Karpackiego “Karpaty
Naszym Domem”, Stowarzyszenie Ekopsychologia, Kraków, Poland
❖ Elena Fuior, PhD, Professor; Head of Department, Finance and Banking, Faculty
of Accounting and Economic Informatics, Trade Cooperative University of Moldova,
Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
 ❖ Ovidiu Gherasim, PhD, Main Researcher III, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and
Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Dănuţ Gîțan, PhD, Engineer; Director of Agency of Mountain Area, Vatra Dornei;
Associate Researcher, Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra Dornei, “Costin C. Kiriţescu”
National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy; Member of Board of
Directors of Euromontana
❖ Vasile Glăvan, PhD, Professor, “Spiru Haret” University, Bucharest
❖ Ugo Grandolini, Developer and Software Analyst, Associazione Seed, Lugano,
Switzerland
❖ Juan Andrès Gutierrez, Geographer; President of Euromontana - Asociation
européenne pour les zones de montagne
❖ Serhii Hakman, PhD, “Yuriy Fedkovych” Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine;
Deputy Director, Head of Research Department of Chernivtsi Regional Center for Civil
Servant Recycling and Specialization, Ukraine
❖ Alina-Petronela Haller, PhD, Main Researcher III, “Gh. Zane” Institute of
Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Elizabeth Ineson, PhD, Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University, United
Kingdom
❖ Alessandro Inversini, PhD, Lecturer, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
❖ Carmen de Jong, PhD, Professor, Université de Chambéry, Savoie, France
❖ Lazăr Latu, PhD, Economist; General Manager, Agency of Mountain Area, Vatra
Dornei; Associate Researcher, Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra Dornei, “Costin C.
Kiriţescu” National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy
❖ Christian Maurer, PhD, Professor, IMC Fachhochschule Krems, Austria
❖ Puiu Nistoreanu, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Business and Tourism, Academy of
Economic Studies, Bucharest
❖ Valentin Niţă, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,
“Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi
❖ Monika Ochwat-Marcinkiewicz, Researcher; Project Coordinator,
Stowarzyszenie Ekopsychologia, Kraków, Poland
❖ Carmen Luisa Palhau Martins, Research Assistant, School of Tourism,
Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
❖ Teodor Păduraru, PhD, Main Researcher II, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and
Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași; Head of Department for Scientific
Research Relations, General Association of Economists of Romania; President of Iaşi
Branch of General Association of Economists of Romania
❖ Isabella Rega, PhD, Researcher; Co-Founder of Associazione Seed, Lugano,
Switzerland
❖ Radu Rey, PhD, Professor; Director of Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra
Dornei, “Costin C. Kirițescu” National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian
Academy; President of Romanian Mountain Forum; Senator of Euromontana; Member of
“Gheorghe Ionescu-Șișești” Academy of Agricultural and Silvic Sciences, Bucharest
❖ Gheorghe Săvoiu, Habil. Dr., Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University
of Piteşti; Associate Researcher, Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra Dornei, “Costin C.
Kiriţescu” National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy
❖ Francesco Sindico, PhD, Lecturer, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
❖ Ioan Surdu, PhD, Main Researcher I, Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra
Dornei, “Costin C. Kiriţescu” National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian
Academy
 ❖ Larisa Șavga, Hab. PhD, Professor; Vice-Rector, Trade Cooperative University of
Moldova, Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
❖ Georgiana Tacu, Researcher, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and Social
Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Ion Talabă, PhD, Main Researcher I, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and Social
Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași
❖ Victor Timotin, PhD, Main Researcher II; Director of National Institute of
Research and Development in Tourism, Bucharest
❖ Gabriela Țigu, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Business and Tourism, Academy of
Economic Studies, Bucharest
❖ Dănuţ Ungureanu, PhD, Engineer; Head of Office for Strategies, Politics and
Programmes for Sustainable Development of Mountain Area, Agency of Mountain Area,
Vatra Dornei; Associate Researcher, Center of Mountain Economy in Vatra Dornei,
“Costin C. Kiriţescu” National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy;
Vice-President of “Romontana” National Association for Mountain Rural Development
❖ Dorian Vlădeanu, PhD, Main Researcher I, “Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic and
Social Research, Romanian Academy - Branch of Iași

TOPICS
▪ Rural tourism and agritourism in the context of sustainable development at
national, regional, and global level;
▪ Traditionalism vs modernism in rural tourism;
▪ National and regional strategies for rural tourism development;
▪ E-tourism management and marketing;
▪ The behaviour of service providers and customers in rural tourism;
▪ The role of legislation in rural tourism promotion and development;
▪ Rural tourism from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective:
economics, sociology, law, psychology, anthropology, ethnography, folklore, etc.;
▪ International good practices.

DEADLINES
Submission of abstracts: 28 February
Notification of provisional acceptance: 15 March
Submission of final papers: 15 April
Payment of fee(s): 30 April
Contact: Georgiana Tacu: geo_tacu@yahoo.com; +40 743470800.

LANGUAGES
The use of English and Romanian is accepted for papers and presentations.

REGISTRATION
The registration fee is 50 euros per paper.
Discount of 25%:
› students;
› pensioners.
The registration fee includes attendance to the conference, accommodation (24-26
May), breakfasts, lunches and coffee breaks (25-26 May), the festive dinner (25 May),
and the field trip (26 May) for 1 author. The fee for any other participant, either author
(collective papers), or accompany person, is 50 euros.
 In case of authors with multiple papers, the fee for the first paper is 50 euros and
there is another fee of 25 euros per each additional paper.
For a paper to be published, the fee(s) must be paid even if the author does not
attend the conference.

Bank account:
Teodor Păduraru;
IBAN: RO29 RZBR 0000 0600 0685 5831;
Raiffeisen Bank, Iași.

The payment specification will be “Romanian Rural Tourism, Vatra Dornei 2018”.
The payment order will be scanned and sent to geo_tacu@yahoo.com.
Please confirm your participation.

PUBLICATION
The authors take full responsibility for the content of their papers.
All accepted papers will be published as a special publication with a unique ISBN
number.
The maximum extent of a paper is 12 pages.

ACCOMMODATION & MEALS

Accommodation: 24-26 May, at the Agency of Mountain Area - CEFIDEC, 23 Runc
Street (former Runc chalet, facing Vînătorul Pension Hotel), Vatra Dornei. Only 50 places
available. No single rooms, only with 2 or 3 beds.
Breakfasts, lunches, coffee breaks, the festive dinner: 25-26 May
Field trip: 26 May
The Conference will be held at the Centre of Mountain Economy in Vatra Dornei, 49
Petreni Street.
Contact: Dănuţ Ungureanu: danut_u@yahoo.com, 0745865163.