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Folia Geographica 2022, 64/2, pp. 21–45

A TOURIST FLOW STUDY OF THE RURAL METROPOLITAN AREA OF ORADEA COMPARED TO BIHOR COUNTY (ROMANIA)

Marius STUPARIU A, Corina-Florina TĂTAR B*, Marcu Simion STAȘAC C, Ribana LINC D, Liviu BUCUR E, Iulian DINCĂ F, Stelian NISTOR G, Claudiu FILIMON H, Anișoara Luminița FILIMON I

Received: March 13, 2022 | Revised: July 15, 2022 | Accepted: September 29, 2022

Paper No. 22-64/2-640

A University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-6783
marius_stupariu@yahoo.uk

B* University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-6454
corina.tatar@didactic.uoradea.ro (corresponding author)

C University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5935-0433
marcu_stasac@yahoo.com

D University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4526-0095
ribana.linc@didactic.uoradea.ro

E University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3658-1743
liviubucur@yahoo.com

F University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3251-2396
iulian_dinca@yahoo.uk

G University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-814X
snistor@uoradea.ro

H University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0058-0271
cfilimon@uoradea.ro

I University of Oradea 410087, Oradea, Romania
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0081-4939
lufilimon@uoradea.ro


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Abstract
The current tourist flow study is part of a series of several tourist-related research on the rural region of the Oradea Metropolitan Area. The research analyzes the tourist flow in the rural OMA compared to Bihor County. Thus, the annual tourist flow quantitative and qualitative indicators in the area of the rural OMA and Bihor County for the period 2001-2020 were analyzed referring to tourist arrivals, overnight stays, average length of stay, tourist flow density and seasonality. The secondary data were collected from annual statistic registries of the Romanian National Institute of Stastistics, stored, processed and analyzed under the form of maps, graphs and tables as well as adjoining interpretations through the GIS mapping program and statistical analysis programs. The analysis revealed that the hotspot of tourist consumption in the rural Metropolitan Area of Oradea (i.e. OMA) and Bihor County is represented by Băile Felix and 1 Mai spas which draw the largest share of all OMA tourists of 93.2% and 48.3% of Bihor County for the analyzed period 2001-2020 for its thermal cure factors. It reveals an overtourism consumption in a single commune vresus its other counterparts. The length of stay in the rural OMA amounts to six days, the high season being from May to October with a peak in August.

Key words
Oradea Metropolitan Area, Bihor County, tourist flow analysis, tourist flow weighted difference, overtourism consumption, GIS.

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