THE ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM POTENTIAL - THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS AN EFFICIENT LOCAL TOURIST POLICY

Abstract

This paper underlines the necessary interaction between the administrative decision and the valorization of academic expertise in terms of tourism. The structure of the paper deals with the assessment of the touristic potential for Galati city as a primary critical action to be substantiated in the local touristic policy. The assessment of the local potential is realized according to the classical geographical canons, while applying a new methodology for quantifying the most important parameters. The conclusion says that Galati city has an obvious unbalanced potential, having nevertheless a good-medium potential that local administration should to manage correctly.