RURAL TOURISM POTENTIAL IN DOBRUDGEA

Dobrudgea is a region located in South-Eastern part of Romania from the Danube to the Black Sea; it is mostly a summer tourism destination; rural tourism is practiced only on a spontaneous and accidental basis under the form of tourism homestay. This paper analyzes the tourism potential from Dobrudgea’s countryside that is not known by tourists. The location of many villages in areas of outstanding natural landscapes and the richness and variety of cultural heritage are issues related to an increased tourism potential that can be capitalized, with unique tourism products that cannot be seen, admired or offered by other regions, where ancient history left its traces under the form of Greek colonies ruins, by the local customs, traditions and cuisine.