Published 2013-06-01
Keywords
- urban tourism,
- green spaces,
- remarkable gardens,
- tourist function,
- destination image
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Abstract
As component of any urban system many green spaces such as parks, botanical or zoological
gardens, and urban forests have a role of protection and improvement of the environmental quality
standards in the cities, and are attraction poles for the inhabitants as well as for all the types of
tourism (leisure, cultural, business tourism, congress and meetings tourism or mix tourism forms).
However in Romania, the tourist function of green spaces is not yet considered as building the city
image. After setting the framework of urban tourism and destination marketing, and the insertion of
the green spaces within the urban tissue, we discuss the principles that make a place attractive for
tourists. Taking the example of the town of Craiova we try to identify the green spaces that may
appeal to tourists, the required characteristics for a green space to become a touristic place and how
to further develop the tourist function without hindering the other functions. The case of two parks
we consider remarkable and attractive from the touristic point of view is analysed from this point of
view.