ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS PILLARS’ INFLUENCE UPON THE ROMANIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY

Mihai COSTEA, Cristian Valentin HAPENCIUC, Ruxandra BEJINARU

Abstract


We consider that the factors which influence the economic competitiveness, in general, exert, also an influence over a country’s tourism competitiveness. Infrastructure, public and private institutions and their transparency, telecommunications, health and education infrastructure, at a primary, secondary and tertiary level, the efficiency of the labor market, adaptability to new technologies and innovation are only part of the economic competitiveness pillars, without which a country’s tourism cannot evolve. According to these arguments, the present paper evaluates, from the methodological perspective provided by the World’s Economic Forum, the economic competitiveness of Romania, in comparison to a series of emergent countries in the region.

Keywords


economic competitiveness; global competitiveness; Romanian competitiveness; tourism competitiveness;

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