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Folia Geographica 2020, 62/1, pp. 21 - 34

ONLINE INFORMATION PREMISE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIHOR TOURIST DESTINATION, ROMANIA

Grigore Vasile HERMAN A, Vasile GRAMA B*, Seedou Mukthar SONKO C, Emilia BOC D, Diana BĂICAN E, Lavinia Daiana GARAI F, Lucian BLAGA G, Ioana JOSAN H, Tudor CACIORA I, Karina Andreea GRUIA J, Alexandra GRECU K, Daniel PEPTENATU L

Received: November 19, 2019 | Revised: February 15, 2020 | Accepted: February 19, 2020

Paper No. 20-62/1-553

A University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography Tourism&Sport, Oradea, Romania
grigoreherman@yahoo.com

B* University of Oradea, Faculty of Environmental Protection, Oradea, Romania
vasile.grama2014@gmail.com (corresponding author)

C Assane SECK University of Ziguinchor, TRU of Economic & Social Sciences, Department of Tourism, Senegal
sm.sonko@univ-zig.sn

D University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography Tourism & Sport, Oradea, Romania
emiliaboc04@yahoo.com

E University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography Tourism & Sport, Oradea, Romania
diana.baican@yahoo.com

F University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography Tourism & Sport, Oradea, Romania
daianagarai@yahoo.com

G University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography Tourism & Sport, Oradea, Romania
blagalucian2012@gmail.com

H University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography Tourism & Sport, Oradea, Romania
ioanajosan2012@gmail.com

I University of Oradea, Faculty of Geography Tourism & Sport, Oradea, Romania
tudor.caciora@yahoo.com

J University of Bucharest, 4-12, Regina Elisabeta Avenue, 030018 Bucharest, Romania
andreea.karina.gruia@drd.unibuc.ro

K University of Bucharest, 4-12, Regina Elisabeta Avenue, 030018 Bucharest, Romania
alexandra.grecu@drd.unibuc.ro

L University of Bucharest, 4-12, Regina Elisabeta Avenue, 030018 Bucharest, Romania
peptenatu@yahoo.fr

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Abstract
Tourism represents one of the sustainable alternatives with well-defined roles and functions in the shaping and development of local economies and tourist destination identity respectively. In this context, the transmitted information plays a major part. In the present case, the study focused on the analysis of the information delivered by the local actors from Bihor tourist destination in the online environment. The website pages belonging to the main local actors were analysed to quantify qualitatively and quantitatively the information from the online environment as a premise for the development of Bihor tourist destination. 686 possible local actors were identified, 140 public actors and 546 private activities whose sites were analyzed by the perspective regarding the information about tourist destinations in the studied area. The results have highlighted some crucial aspects regarding the local actors’attributions concerning the information typology in the process of construction and strengthening of the tourist destination image.

Key words
Tourist information, tourist destination, local actors, online environment

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