ALBERGO DIFFUSO CONCEPT-AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF ROMANIAN VILLAGES AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
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Global travel trends highlight the fact that tourists are looking for new experiences, being interested in authenticity and specificity. In this sense, a concept initiated in Italy in the 80s offers an authentic experience sought by many tourists today. The Albergo Diffuso concept offers tourists the opportunity to live like a local, the fundamental principle of this concept being the restoration of abandoned buildings in villages and their transformation into accommodation spaces. In recent years, interest in the Albergo Diffuso model has grown, as it is a real development engine for countries where villages are experiencing a demographic and economic decline. Therefore, the use of abandoned houses for tourist purposes, the generation of new opportunities for young people and implicitly a framework for sustainable tourism, can be a model worthy of consideration by Romanian villages in difficulty.
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