              MIRELA MAZILU Faculty of Economics and Business Administration University of Craiova  University Centre of Drobeta Turnu Severin Str. Calugareni 1, Drobeta Turnu Severin ROMANIA mirelamazilu2004@yahoo.com DUMITRU BĂLĂ Faculty of Economics and Business Administration University of Craiova  University Centre of Drobeta Turnu Severin Str. Calugareni 1, Drobeta Turnu Severin ROMANIA dumitru_bala@yahoo.com ROXANA SEVERINEANU Faculty of Economics and Business Administration University of Craiova  University Centre of Drobeta Turnu Severin Str. Calugareni 1, Drobeta Turnu Severin ROMANIA roxanaseverineanu@yahoo.com Abstract: The World Tourism Organisation (WTO) seemed reticent regarding a comeback of the global tourist sector in the beginning of last year. However, 2010 ended with small fireworks and champaign. The champaign did not flow in rivers like in the good old days, but it flew. The international arrivals increased with 6.7% compared to 2009, summing up 935 million tourists (58 million more than in 2009). In other words, the numbers show that 2010 exceeded with 22 million of tourists the period of maximum tourist development that happened before the beginning of the crisis in 2008! The improved economic conditions accelerated the travels, the majority of the destinations recording increases in this field. The developed economies increased the pace (+5%), while the emerging ones trained for performance (+8%). The events that marked the tourist flow from 2010 were encouraged by several world events, among which the Winter Olympic Games from Canada, Shanghai Expo in China, the FIFA Cup in South Africa and the Commonwealth Games in India. KeyWords: analysis, statistics, tourist flow, prognosis, diagnosis.   Europe recovers slowly, ranking at the bottom of the list among the continents. A surplus of 3% was recorded with 471 million arrivals. According to the specialists, the growth rhythm was "disturbed" by the volcanic eruptions from Iceland, but also from the instability of the Eurozone. From the second half of 2010, some of the countries recorded healthy growths, but the European average did not exceed the threshold of 2008. One of the examples of recovery is Spain, a country where the low cost airlines imposed in front of the classic ones. They carried 31.77 million persons, with 5.9% more than 2009, compared to 25.74 million carried by the other companies (an increase of only 2.1%). Among the continents, Asia recovered the fastest in 2010, with a surplus of 13%. The international arrivals reached a new record of 204 million Recent Researches in Mechanics ISBN: 978-1-61804-020-6 340