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Folia Geographica 2017, 59/2, pp. 60-77

STUDY ON STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS OF ESTABLISHMENT OF TOURISTIC RECEPTION WITH FUNCTIONS OF TOURISTIC ACCOMMODATION IN COUNTRIES OF EUROPEAN UNION

Marius I. STUPARIU A*

Received: January 19, 2017 | Revised: June 13, 2017 | Accepted: July 27, 2017
Paper No. 17-59/2-508

A* University of Oradea, 1 Universităţii St., 410087, Oradea, Romania
marius_stupariu@yahoo.co.uk (corresponding author)

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Abstract
The article aims to analyse structural characteristics of tourist reception with functions of tourist accommodation in the European Union countries. Thus, the study has analysed services and facilities offered by over 440,000 establishments of touristic reception with functions of tourist accommodation, over 700 touristic destinations, and 168 hotel chains. In order to evaluate tourist services and facilities, over 8.7 million questionnaires were filled in by tourists that had stayed at least one night in establishments of touristic reception with functions of tourist accommodation in the European Union countries. The data gathered in these questionnaires were also analysed in this article.

Key words
Star rating, beach access, property type, review score, property services, room facility, territorial distribution

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