TOURISM POTENTIAL OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES IN THE HÂRTIBACIU VALLEY
Constantin Aniţa1
1 Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of
Geography,Department of Regional Geography and Spatial Planning, 5-7 Clinicilor
Street, Cluj-Napoca 400006, Romania, E-mail:
anita.constantin@yahoo.com
Abstract: - Tourism Potential of Cultural Landscapes in the
Hârtibaciu Valley Characterized by a multitude of cultures, Hârtibaciu Valley,
lying in the center of Romania, in the Sibiu county, generated various cultural
landscapes throughout history. It carries the name after the river that flows
through this beautiful hilly region. These carryout the inland cultural heritage
and marks in every materialization of the landscape results. The subject
presents the series of cultural landscapes of the Hârtibaciu Valley that are
attractive for tourism purposes. The cultural landscapes are not only considered
to be a compound effect of the interaction of the natural and anthropic
components, but also as an element of the environment, being in a continuous
metamorphosis. Using a classification of the cultural landscapes, from the
genetic point of view, the different landscapes found in the field are listed:
cultural landscapes resulted from productive activities, habitational
landscapes, technogenic landscapes, historical landscapes, sacred landscapes,
symbolic landscapes, commemorative landscapes, residual landscapes. For each
category of landscapes the tourism attractiveness and representativeness will be
mentioned. The foreseen evolution of the cultural landscapes in the Hârtibaciu
Valley is one of falling in decline. The prevention of this situation could be
realized by using its tourism potential to its maximum and by a proactive
tourism promotion and development. Local identity and specificity is the ground
stone that offers attractiveness to these cultural landscapes. This implies a
conscious involvement of local actors and stakeholders to improve life quality
and to develop a regional functional system.
Key-Words: Cultural landscape, multiculturality, tourism, development,
sustainability
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