The management measures - components of sustainable tourism development in natural parks. Case study: Natural Park del Carrascal de la Font Roja (Alcoi-Spain) and Bucegi Natural Park (Romania)

• Author: Baltescu C.A., Chitu I.B., Albu R.G.
• Pages: 117-122

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series V: Economic Sciences • Vol. 10 (59) No. 2 - 2017

The management measures - components of

sustainable tourism development in natural parks.

Case study: Natural Park del Carrascal de la Font

Roja (Alcoi-Spain) and Bucegi Natural Park

(Romania)

Codruța Adina BĂLTESCU1, Ioana Bianca CHIȚU2,

Ruxandra-Gabriela ALBU3

Abstract: The management teams of natural parks are able to achieve sustainable

development goals only by involving all stakeholders and through creating population

awareness on the negative effects of the activities carried out within the parks, including or,

first of all, tourist activities. The main objective of the article is to highlight the specific

management measures for sustainable tourism development in two natural parks: del

Carrascal de la Font Roja (Alcoi-Spain) and Bucegi (Romania). Considering that the

continuous improvement of managerial measures represents a necessity, the paper also

emphasizes the need to educate visitors, especially the young ones, by introducing

specialized tours with the main objective to shape their desired responsible behaviour.

Key-words: natural parks, management measures, sustainable tourism development, visitor

management

1. Introduction

Tourism development contributes to ensuring the necessary economic, financial and

human resources, both for the development as well as natural parks' protection.

However, the destructive effects that uncontrolled tourism expansion can cause at

host-destinations cannot be omitted. A natural park is a delimited territory where

natural, historical and cultural elements are protected under a well-established

regulation for conservation and sustainable development (Puteanu, 2016). National

and natural parks are regarded as places with high levels of biodiversity and unique

ecosystems (Tai, et al., 2016, p.34), ensuring wildlife safety, maintaining

1 Transilvania University of Braşov, co druta.baltescu@unitbv.ro

2 Transilvania University of Braşov, ioana.chitu@unitbv.ro

3 Transilvania University of Braşov, ruxandra.albu@unitbv.ro