The Statistical Analysis of Romanian Tourism in the Context of the World Economic Crisis

摘要

The World Tourism Organisation (WTO) seemed reticent regarding a comeback of the global tourist sector in the beginning of last year. However, 2010 ended with small fireworks and champaign. The champaign did not flow in rivers like in the good old days, but it flew. The international arrivals increased with 6.7% compared to 2009, summing up 935 million tourists (58 million more than in 2009). In other words, the numbers show that 2010 exceeded with 22 million of tourists the period of maximum tourist development that happened before the beginning of the crisis in 2008! The improved economic conditions accelerated the travels, the majority of the destinations recording increases in this field. The developed economies increased the pace (+5%), while the emerging ones trained for performance (+8%). The events that marked the tourist flow from 2010 were encouraged by several world events, among which the Winter Olympic Games from Canada, Shanghai Expo in China, the FIFA Cup in South Africa and the Commonwealth Games in India.