The Tourist Potential of Localities with Mineral Water Sources in Brașov County

Abstract

This paper aims to assess the tourist potential of the localities with mineral water sources in Braşov County, in order to identify the areas with a high potential for the development of spa tourism. The paper is based on the synthesis of the information obtained from scientific papers, archive documents and field investigations from 201 1-2016. In order to rank the localities in terms of tourism potential, two evaluation sheets wer e used in which different scores have been awarded: 1) the sheet based on the criteria proposed at national level in the Methodology for the analysis of the tourism potential of the territory; 2) a sheet with our own criteria regarding the spa potential of the analysed localities. Based on the obtained scores, three areas with potential for development of the spa tourism were distinguishe d within Brașov County: 1) the F ăgăraş area, with the localities Rodbav/B ăile Rodbav, Per şani/Băile Perşani, Grid and Vene ția de Jos (with a total of 186.27 points); 2) Bra șov municipality, which includes the localities M ăieruş, Codlea, Zizin and Târlungeni (with 163.86 points) and 3) Rupea area, including Rupea, Homorod/Băile Homorod, Merchea şa and Jimbor (with a total of 159.62 points).