The Direct Contribution of Tourism to the Gross Domestic Product of Romania

Abstract

Tourism, as one of the secondary activity sectors of the economy, with a strong involvement and presence on the active labor market, has a particular dynamics in the context of GDP formation and determination. In Romania, tourism is and will be an activity that raises many questions, curiosities, in terms of oscillations, fluctuations in capital inflows and outflows, cash, labor force, active material base, etc. In the present paper I considered the study of the weight of the cash inflows in their various forms (cash, cash, meal vouchers, vacation vouchers), materialized in the sale of tourist services by non-residents in large part but also by residents.