DIAGNOSIS ANALYSIS OF AGRO-TOURISTIC POTENTIAL OF THE BANAT’S PLAIN

Abstract

The interest aroused by rural space has increased steadily these last years in the E.U., and rural development is considered as a basic point of Agricultural Community Policy, particularly from the point of view of labour occupancy. Banat`s plain area is characterized by a remarkable tourist potential, thus the aim is to apply an integrated policy of sustainable rural development that allows valorising all types of potential in the rural space. By analysing tourism potential in the area we managed to identify three plain areas as a premise for developing the most touristic forms and particularly agro-tourism.

We selected the most representative localities in the plain area from the point of view of economic development and of natural and man-made potential (Periam, Teremia Mare, and Cenad). After, a diagnostic analysis was made of the potential (natural, social and geographical, cultural and historical, economic and agro-touristic) and we presented the agro-touristic offer, favouring and restrictive elements in the development of agro-tourism potential in the Banat`s plain.