“TOURING NATURE: THE PAN-EUROPEAN ROUTES TO RURAL ECOTURISM – A GLOBAL METAPLAN AND IT’S LOCAL INFLUENCE”

Abstract: Romanian tourism can compete and win a lot if the rural tourism component will be develop. Our paper considers this perspective, analyzing the possibility of implement the meta-plan: “Touring Nature: The Pan-European Routes to Rural Ecotourism ” – as a pattern of sustainable development in the rural tourism zone from the North-West of Romania. For making valuable rural products, for performing high standard touristic services, one company must satisfy more complex needs better than ever. Collaboration may be the answer to this challenge and the performance can be obtained if all the individuals cooperate and develop a competitive destination based on original, unique and authentic offer