THE PERSPECTIVES OF SPORTS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

This study aims to present this form of sport tourism and the positive impact that it may have on Bucharest development and internationalpromotion. The main objective of this study is to assess the impacts of organizing such events and tourism generated by these on politics, society and the local economy. Another objective is to raise awareness about the importance of this type of tourism and the possibility of developing it not only in Bucharest but also throughout Romania. We wanted to determine the impact of the major sport events on tourism and to analyze the benefits that the host community obtains has after these events. In this way one can see the touristic potential of the host community and how this potential may be exploited after this kind of events. We shall discuss sport tourism as a niche tourism which values the other types of tourism and the entire touristic activity.