The Tourist and Technical Infrastructure Survey Within the Oradea Rural Leisure Metropolitan Belt

Abstract

The current study is meant to be a contribution to the promotion and development of an important geographical area for the municipality of Oradea, namely the rural proximity area that is part of the Oradea Metropolitan Area (OMA). The magnitude of the tourism phenomenon, as a sustainable resource could contribute to a functional reconsideration of this space that can bring about an overall territorial development, based on economic competitiveness, sustainable development, social cohesion or the development of new technologies. In this sense, it is not possible to conceive the development of an area from a tourist viewpoint without the existence of a suitable infrastructure (tourist, technical, transport), because it can influence, depending on the endowment degree and updated technology, the volume and structure of the tourist traffic. Thus, the main infrastructure components were identified, quantified and analyzed, each TAU being granted a certain score according to the evaluation methodology, based on which a certain hierarchy and highlighting of the main dysfunctions could be achieved. In conclusion, it was found that the existing tourist and technical infrastructure is satisfactory, but disproportionately distributed, a situation somewhat accountable due of the existence of the two spas, Băile Felix and Băile 1 Mai.

Tourist Perception of the „night of the Museums” Event. Case Study in Oradea Municipality, Romania

“…Tourist perception is a process of awareness and understanding the tourist reality by the participants in the tourist act as a result of the experiences and feelings they had due to tourism activity in various destinations (Petrosillo et al, 2007;Linc et al, 2017Linc et al, , 2019He et al, 2020;Stasac et al, 2020;Erul and Woosnam, 2021;Filimon et al, 2021;Kim et al, 2023).…”

Oradea Metropolitan Area as a Space of Interspecific Relations Triggered by Physical and Potential Tourist Activities

“…The current study synthesizes the results of previously published research papers on the topics of nature [57,58], man-made [59] tourist facilities and technical supplies [48], and tourist flow [60] within the rural OMA area, but its original value is that it makes a synthesis of all four categories of nature and man-made attractions and the tourist and technical infrastructure/facility, individually approached in previous studies. The tourist attractiveness ratings for each of these categories is displayed in Table 1.…”

“…Therefore, tourism is more developed in the southern part of the metropolitan area, but on a more detailed tourist supply analysis, the entire rural metropolitan area features propitious premises and resources for tourism. The rural OMA tourist supply holds 254 accommodation units, most concentrated in the southern part of the metropolis, namely in the two resorts of Băile Belix and 1 Mai of the Sânmartin commune with a share of 93.3% [48]. In terms of area, the largest OMA commune is Nojorid and the most populous is Sânmartin (Figure 1).…”

“…The occupancy rate at an average of 50% yearly is higher within hotels versus guesthouses, also due to the treatment of state-subsidized coupons provided by the National Public The rest of the metropolitan communes are very poorly represented and are close to the bottom line, with most of their accommodation infrastructure having emerged after the 1990s in the form of guesthouses, agritourist guest houses, or other family-type accommodation units. After 2000, the diversification and accommodation infrastructure increase has been extremely dynamic; in 2008, there were merely 24 accommodation facilities, but in 2020, we can count 128, an increase of 533% [48]. Among them, the guesthouses skyrocketed from 9 structures in 2008 to 77 structures a decade later.…”

New Dimensions Regarding Demographic Behavior and Family Stability in Romania and Bihor County: A Comparative Analysis

“…The demographic evolution, the current demographic situation (demographic decline) and the demographic perspectives of the Romanian population are analyzed and explained by the demographer V. Ghețău [20][21][22] and D. Sandu [23]. The tendency of the deterioration of the components that reflect the demographic behaviour of the Romanian population is also studied by A. Ilieș [24], A. Ilieș & M. Stașac [25], A. V. Litră [26], M. Stupariu & I. Josan [27], M. Stașac & L. Bucur [28], M. Drăgan [29], C. Filimon [30], M. Stupariu [31], L. Guran-Nica [32], R. Linc, I. Dincă, M. Stasac, C. F. Tătar & L. Bucur [33], M. Ropa [34], L. A. Deac, G. V. Herman, M. Gozner, G. C. Bulz & E. Boc [35], C. F. Tătar, I. Dincă, R. Linc, M. I. Stupariu, L. Bucur, M. S. Stașac & S. Nistor [36] and the demographic risk J. Benedek [37], V. Surd, V. Puiu, V. Zotic, & C. Moldovan [38], I. Muntele [39].…”