THE ROMANIAN RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AGRO-TOURISM PRACTICE

This paper presents briefly the prospective of the Romanian rural area from the point of view of economical and social consequences produced by the agro-tourism practice. In the same time this paper brings a short contribution to all studies regarding the history and the prospective of the Romanian development of tourism and agro-tourism domain. Within nowadays modern society conditions, we must focus on countryside environment, respectively on its economical and social development according to rural patrimony and the environment protection. For sure, the development of touristic and agro-touristic units within Romanian countryside will trigger positive consequences on economical and social aspects. In Romania already exist two specific forms of agro-touristic units homologated and classified, namely: farmhouses and rural guesthouses and the agro-tourism represent for our country and for some European countries an attractive field for potential investors and for the costumers.