Research Article Open Access Mazilu et al., J Tourism Hospit 2018, 7:4 DOI: 10.4172/2167-0269.1000372 Review Article Open Access Journal of Tourism & Hospitality J o u r n a l o f T o u r i s m & H o s p i t a l i t y ISSN: 2167-0269 Volume 7 • Issue 4 • 1000372 J Tourism Hospit, an open access journal ISSN: 2167-0269 *Corresponding author: Mirela Mazilu, University of Craiova, Cuza Street, Craiova, Dolj, Romania, Tel: +0040252316966; Fax: +0040316966; E-mail: mirelamazilu2004@yahoo.com Received August 03, 2018; Accepted August 24, 2018; Published August 31, 2018 Citation: Mazilu M, Dumitrescu D, Marinescu R, Baltălungă A (2018) New Trends in Romanian Tourism in 2018. J Tourism Hospit 7: 372. doi: 10.4172/2167- 0269.1000372 Copyright: © 2018 Mazilu M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Keywords: Tourism; Trends; Strategy; Sustainable; Investment; Growth Introduction In shaping and especially in managing a tourist destination such as ROMANIA, it is difficult to make speculative predictions, especially when the infrastructure, the tourism laws, the politics and nature do not help one fight the touristic seasonality [1]. e good news of the Union Centennial Celebration is a heavenly giſt for hotel owners. Almost 9 months before the National Day, Alba Iulia no longer has rooms available. All have been booked since the end of last year, without the possibility to find free places in nearby localities either [2,3]. e fortress of the Great Union has gradually become one of the most sought-aſter touristic destinations in Transylvania, the taxes bringing huge revenues to the local budget [4]. Romania, at the Union Centennial, in terms of tourism, its sustainable development, the Danube Strategy, becomes a permanent attraction point both regionally and competitively at a cross-border- international level, a touristic destination that can compete with the other Danube river countries [5]. Especially, there are tourists who want to discover new places, to get into new, wild, less accessible places, and, as a general trend, to enjoy special travel experiences [6,7]. I can say that 2017 was a good year in tourism (because we barely finished it) as I feel that people, Romanian tourists, are more optimistic - so they plan their holidays and the associated expenses in a more confident and more responsible manner [8-12]. If we manage to offer our clients a special and unique experience from the time of the offer until the actual time of the holiday and continuing with the follow-up aſter the tourists’ return, and the preparation of the new trips, we will surely have a better 2018 than 2017 in Romania, managing to transform Romania and to give it in 2019 what it gives us for free with gratitude (Figure 1). Perhaps we should remember to learn to be united, not just survivors in a country rich in touristic attractions, to recognize and to honour our Romanian geniuses, because we all know: consciousness is like a geyser, an icon of the Romanian people, which gathers us from wherever we are tourists, because the call of the Romanian blood wins (Figure 2). In what follows, we present concrete data of the positive trend recorded in the trend of Romanian tourism, being the economic field with the greatest resilience to the effects of the economic, political, etc. crisis, all “skipping” the touristic phenomenon that is recording significant increases [13,14]: us, Table 1 and Figure 3 show a massive increase in both Romanian and foreign tourists in 2017 compared to 2016, and in comparison with the period taken as the basis of calculation there is a double increase and even more [15]. By country of origin, the countries of the tourists who visited our country have the following shares: Italy (14.55%), Germany (13.96%), France (8.39%), Hungary (7.3%), the USA at the same level with the United Kingdom (6%), Israel (5.7%), etc. e years 2014 and 2015 were periods of crisis, the trends being obvious, Romanian tourism being affected by domestic economic events and global phenomena that have leſt their mark on international tourism [16-20]. e situation of Romania’s international tourism is different, which, as shown in the table, has registered a slower but most reliable increase, so that we can speak of almost a tripling of the number of foreign tourists in 2017 compared to 2012 (287.67%) [21]. Regarding the departures of tourists, they have not increased significantly, from 6,274,000 in 2003 to 6,497,000 in 2008, with a percentage increase of 3.5% with specific fluctuations over the same period [22,23]. New Trends in Romanian Tourism in 2018 Mirela Mazilu 1 *, Daniela Dumitrescu 2 , Roxana Marinescu 1 and Adrian Baltălungă 2 1 University of Craiova, Cuza Street, Craiova, Dolj, Romania 2 University of Valahia, Târgoviște, Bulevardul Unirii, Târgovişte, Romania Abstract The industry of tourism is without a doubt a powerful driver of economic growth. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), tourism currently generates approximately 10 percent of the world’s GDP, makes up one in every 10 jobs, accounts for 30 percent of world trade in services, and drives $1.4 trillion in exports. With this actual increasing globalization, international digital and social connectivity, and easily accessible methods of travel, it is easier than ever before for leisure travellers to jet set to somewhere new and for business professionals to get to that important meeting. Inspired by the international growth trends, the Romanian tourism recorded a significant increase of about 10% in 2017. In the first nine months of 2017 the number of Romanian tourists by destinations in Romania increased by one million reaching 9.5 million, so that the number of foreign tourists reached a record number of 2,600,000 persons. According to all estimates generously provided by the institutes in question, the total number of tourists who choose destinations in Romania will reach in 2018 (thanks to God and willingness and desire of the tourists) a number of over 12 million - a value that has not been reached since 1990. Unfortunately, Romania persists in error: authorities continue to stimulate consumption at the expense of exports and investments, but tourism urgently needs investment in infrastructure and quality staff.