Rural tourism and agrotourism is presented as a complex economic activity that highlights, through its own mechanism, natural values, cultural and spiritual needs of the rural area. Currently tourism demand becomes increasingly obvious for rest and recreation in the rural area, enjoying the beauties of nature, in clean and quiet environment. In order to meet this trend, many tourism organizations, European and even national concern, increasingly, by the organization and institutionalization of tourism in rural areas. Maramures area is undoubtedly one of the most important agrotourist regions of the country, a true open-air ethnographic museum. Wealth preservation of cultural values and traditions do, that this wonderful area to be included on the UNESCO list of cultural values of humanity.

agrotourism, traditions, rural area, accommodation capacity

Presentation: oral