THE TOURISTIC POTENTIAL OF BANAT MOUNTAINS IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE REGION
Autor (i): Jenaru, Andreea1 Dăneci-Pătrău, Daniel2
JEL: Z32
Cuvinte cheie: mountain tourism, tourism potential, Banat patrimony
Abstract:
Banat is a territory with inherited structures, yet constantly renewed by the sequence of influences and
dominations it was subjected to throughout history. The identity of Banat is rendered by its capacity to
assimilate and harmonize values of different origins. The reverence for the other’s specificity is a lifelong rule
established here, also confirmed by the lack of intercultural tensions in a region traditionally characterized by
an exquisite melange of nationalities, customs, mindsets and internal organization. All these represent powerful
arguments for the purpose of this article, namely the assessment of tourism development over time in Banat, this
Romanian territory being successor of a multicultural material and spiritual patrimony of high value not
extensively known and included in the national and international tourist circuits.