ACTION DIRECTIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH TRAVEL IN ROMANIA

The mutations that are currently manifesting in the global economy areinfluencing in a positive manner the development of youth travel, and the main quantitativeand qualitative directions that are being shaped internationally and in Europe are alsoleaving a mark on the evolution tourism for young people in our country.By analyzing the framework favourable for the development of youth travel in our country, wehave prepared a series of courses of action for its development, courses that have beenstructured on several levels: the development and diversification of the tourism supply, thebroader promotion of a system of facilities, marketing actions, the improvement of the legaland institutional frameworks, etc.youth travel, youth travel in Romania, development of youth travel.

FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS REGARDING YOUTH AND THEIR DECISION TO PRACTICE TOURISM

Tourism is an activity carried on by individuals, which is usually enjoyed, and tobetter understand this economic phenomenon we must understand the person’s behaviour ââ¬â thepsychology of tourists and of those who could become tourists. Knowing how individuals makedecisions and how they structure their acquired experience can give important advantages in thebusiness practice and how we generally understand the experience in tourism.the travel decision process; decisional patterns in tourism.

ECONOMIC CRISIS IMPACT ON COUNTY ALBA HOTEL INDUSTRY

The present paper, dominated by the global economic crisis effects is and continues to be a critical time for global tourism industry and for Romanian too. This study tries to play on a particular case, Park Hotel, located in Alba Iulia, the impact of this phenomenon over tourist hotel services

THE PLACE AND ROLE OF MOBILITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH TRAVEL

The main objective of the paper is to point out the place held by mobility, as a defining feature of youth’s life and activity, in the development of youth travel both internationally and in Romania. In this sense are presented and analyzed aspects like: mobility as a fundamental human right, the features and expectations of different generations of young people, the two main forms taken by mobility among youth, learning mobility and mobility for volunteer purposes, as well as the role played within the development of activities specific for youth travel.youth, mobility, youth mobility, youth travel

THE ORGANIZATION OF YOUTH TRAVEL AT GLOBAL LEVEL

At global level there are various associations and professional organizations aimed at promoting tourism in general and youth travel in particular. Sure, international organizations play the most important role because they include members from all over the world, but regional and national organizations shouldn’t be neglected, because they contribute at the development of youth travel in their areas and have a rather important role in regional integration. To understand how youth travel is organized internationally, this paper presents the main governmental and non-governmental organizations who play an extremely important role in developing and promoting youth travel by starting legislative projects and organizing joint actions, especially towards training young people in jobs related to tourism and leisure time, educating youth in the spirit of eco-tourism or getting them directly involved in maintaining and preserving tourism heritage.youth tourism, tourism organizations, models of organization for youth travel.

CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING YOUTH TRAVEL

Currently, there is no clear definition for the youth travel concept. This concept emerged much latter than the first forms of manifestation of tourism for young people, namely the beginning of the ’90s when the first studies regarding youth travel were also conducted. No doubt, the concept of youth travel ensues from three notions, namely: youth, tourism and vacation – in the sense of free time. All the definitions used by tourism organizations, by various national tourism administrations and by operators from the youth travel industry were analyzed in order to clarify the youth tourism notion.youth travel, tourism, youth, vacation, age