27th International Conference Tourism and Rural Space in National and International Context – TARS, 29-31 May 2025
Prezentare eveniment
The TARS Conference was established in 1999 at the initiative of a group of researchers and university teaching staff gathered in Câmpulung Moldovenesc (Romania): Alecsandru Puiu Tacu, Ion Talabă, Valentin Mihai Bohatereț, Daniela Matei (Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch), Radu Rey (National Agency for Mountain Areas, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bucharest), Puiu Nistoreanu (Bucharest University of Economic Studies), Valentin Niță (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași).
The founders, aware of the potential of tourism as a development vector and simultaneously understanding the vital necessity for a profound and extensive transformation of the Romanian rural space, have from the very beginning focused on the integration of the epistemic virtues and the applicative values of this endeavor. It is no coincidence that representatives of the Romanian scientific agora, the Romanian Academy, through the „Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic Research, have allied in this bold effort with representatives of the supreme executive forum, the Government of Romania, through the National Agency of Mountain Areas, an entity integrated into the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The ultimate goal was that, following the systematic, meticulous research and evaluation of the Romanian rural tourism portfolio, strategies would eventually be proposed for the promotion of rural tourism at both local and national levels, thereby facilitating, to the extent possible, the development of the Romanian rural areas through tourism. For this reason, the conference, initially with an exclusively national scope, was named Romanian Rural Tourism – RoRuT. The interest in best practice examples from around the world has consistently increased the appetite of both organizers and participants for international approaches to the tourism phenomenon. Today, tourism and rural, both perceived under the imperative of sustainability, have become juxtaposed concepts, within a scientific endeavor more aware than ever of their often paradoxical interaction. „Romanian rural tourism” is now Tourism and Rural Space – TARS.
Dată eveniment
29/05/2025
Locul de desfășurare
Vatra Dornei and online
Instituții organizatoare
Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch It was established in 2002 through the unification of the Institute of Socio-Human Sciences and the „Gh. Zane” Institute of Economic Research, which was founded in 1994. Website: ices-arfi.ro
National Agency for Mountain Areas – ANZM, Vatra Dornei, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Website: azm.gov.ro
Centre of Mountain Economy – CE-MONT, Vatra Dornei, Romanian Academy It was established in 2008 within the „Costin C. Kiriţescu” National Institute for Economic Research. Website: ce-mont.ro
Coordonatori eveniment
Comitet științific
Laura GASCÓN HERRERO, President, Euromontana – Association Européenne pour les Zones de Montagne, Brussels, Belgium
Fergus MACLAREN, President Emeritus, International Cultural Tourism Committee of International Council on Monuments and Sites – ICOMOS, Chelsea, Quebec, Canada
Walter WYMER, Professor, Dhillon School of Business, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Ananya BHATTACHARYA, Co-Founder & Director, banglanatak.com, Kolkata, West Bengal, India // Vice-President, International Cultural Tourism Committee of International Council on Monuments and Sites – ICOMOS
Sunil KUMAR, Professor & Director of Academics, Institute of Hospitality, Management and Sciences, Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, India
Marco VALERI, Associate Professor, Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy // Lecturer, Xenophon College, London, United Kingdom // Associate Researcher, Magellan Research Center, School of Management, Jean Moulin University, Lyon, France
Olga POALELUNGI, Researcher, Center for Demographic Research, National Institute of Economic Research, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
Gina IONELA BUTNARU, Professor, „Al. I. Cuza” University, Iași, Romania
Monica Maria COROȘ, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cristina Emanuela DASCĂLU, Adjunct Professor, Swiss School of Management, Rome, Italy // Associate Professor, Apollonia University, Iași, Romania // Associate Professor, Danubius University, Galați, Romania
Krisztina Melinda DOBAY, Senior Researcher, Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania
Marilena DONCEAN, Researcher III, Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania
Alina-Petronela HALLER, Senior Researcher, Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania
Gheorghe HÎRLAV, General Director, National Agency for Mountain Areas – ANZM, Vatra Dornei, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Romania
Daniela MATEI, Senior Researcher, Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania
Puiu NISTOREANU, Professor Emeritus, University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Teodor PĂDURARU, Senior Researcher, Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania
Radu REY, Director, Centre of Mountain Economy – CE-MONT, Vatra Dornei, „Costin C. Kirițescu” National Institute for Economic Research, Romanian Academy, Romania // Honorary Member, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Oana Romona SOCOLIUC GURIȚĂ, Lecturer, „Al. I. Cuza” University, Iași, Romania
Ioan SURDU, Senior Researcher, National Agency for Mountain Areas – ANZM, Vatra Dornei, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Romania
Georgia TACU, Researcher, Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania
Ion TALABĂ, Senior Researcher, Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania
Veronica ȚĂRAN BACIU GEORGESCU, Economist, National Agency for Mountain Areas – ANZM, Vatra Dornei, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Romania
Dănuț UNGUREANU, Senior Advisor, Centre of Training and Innovation for Development in the Carpathians – CEFIDEC, National Agency for Mountain Areas – ANZM, Vatra Dornei, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Romania // Researcher III, Centre of Mountain Economy – CE-MONT, Vatra Dornei, Romanian Academy, Romania
Adam CZARNECKI, Associate Professor & Deputy Director, Department of Rural Economics, Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Bernat CLARAMUNT LÓPEZ, Researcher, Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals – CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain // Coordinator, Network for European Mountain Research – NEMOR
Amila INDIKA, Senior Lecturer, University College of Ratmalana, University of Vocational Technology, Ratmalana, Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Gül ERKOL BAYRAM, Associate Professor & Vice Dean, Faculty of Tourism, Sinop University & Director, International Relations Practice and Research Center, Sinop University, Sinop, Türkiye
Serhii HAKMAN, Deputy Director, Chernivtsi Center for Advanced Training of Government Employees, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Akmaljon ODILOV, Assistant Professor & Head of Department of Tourism Management, „Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Termen limită pentru abstracte
30/03/2025
Termen limită pentru lucrări
30/06/2025