TY - JOUR 
A1 - Stoenescu, Cristina
AU - Gheorghe, Camelia
AU - Sabou, Gabriel Cristian
AU - García Sánchez, Antonio
AU - Tigu, Gabriela
T1 - The destination experience through stopover tourism – Bucharest case study
Y1 - 2018
SN - 1582 - 9146
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/7749
AB - Over the years, the evolution of the air transport sector has determined important changes
in the tourism industry. One of the consequences of the liberalization of air transport has
been the development of the “hub-and-spoke” system, used by traditional airlines in order
to be more efficient in a highly competitive environment. As air traffic significantly
developed worldwide, “hubs” became highly connected places concentrating an increasing
number of transit passengers. At the same time, the liberalization of the airline industry has
stimulated both airline and airport competition, therefore, vertical partnerships have
become an interesting option for airlines, as well as airports. Moreover, considering that
transiting traffic represents a potential tourism market, tourism organizations have also
started to get involved in the process. “Stopover tourism” is a new type of tourism based on
the partnership between airlines, airports and tourism organizations, with the purpose to
turn transiting passengers into stayover tourists. This paper focuses on building a better
understanding of how “stopover tourism” type programs can enhance tourism development,
identifying the characteristics of this form of tourism and the measures that need to be
taken by the authorities in order to encourage its development and investigates the
possibility of implementing it in Romania. In order to achieve these objectives, the research
was conducted using analysis of secondary data included in several scientific journals and
publication, as well as primary data collection, through qualitative research, having as
interviewees, experts from the airline industry and from tourism organizations in Romania.
KW - Fundamentos del Análisis Económico
KW - Stopover tourism
KW - Tourism destination
KW - Tourism experience
KW - Air transportation
KW - 5312.90 Economía Sectorial: Turismo
LA - eng
PB - A.S.E.
ER -