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INVESTIGATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF
ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF OCCUPATION IN THE TIMIS
COUNTRY, ROMANIA
Author soc. Luches Daniel
Timisoara, România, 2005
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Methodological aspects

• The volume of the sample 300 subjects
• The number of villages selected in the
  construction of the sample 12 villages all
  villages were situated in the same geographical
  area (Timis County, Western Romania) with a high
  potential for agro tourism and bio-cultivation
• Data collection 1- 12 June 2005, done by
  students from the Faculty of Sociology in
  Timisoara
• Target group people from Timiscounty in rural
  area, between 18-55 years, unemployed,
  housewives, people who are interested in starting
  a new activity
• Selection of the subject in the sample random

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The Timis county map
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The main objectives of the research

• To identify the level of the knowledge for
  alternatives forms of occupations agro tourism
  and bio-cultivations
• To determine the developmental potential for the
  alternative forms of occupation in the villages
  from Timis county
• To appreciate the main forms/products of the
  agro tourism and bio-cultivation which could be
  developed in villages or in the neighbourhoods
• To establish a profile of the tourists who
  visited the Timis villages during the last year

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• To identify the interest of people from Timis
  villages towards the alternative forms of the
  tourism and bio-cultivations
• To determine the interest of the people from
  rural areas for
• an educational programme related to the
  alternative forms of tourism and bio-cultivation
• To identify the training needs for each
  alternative forms of occupations
• To find the adequate forms of the training for
  people who want to develop alternative
  occupations

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Please mention if you know the term AGRO-TOURISM
and expression ECOLOGICAL PRODUCT mean()
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ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF OCCUPATION AGRO TOURISM
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AGRO TURISM means few words ()
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In your opinion, the community where you live has
an agro touristical potential ()
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When you thinking about your community or your
area, which are the most suitable forms of
Agro-tourism ()
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Did the tourists visit your village in the last
year()?
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Few characteristics of the tourists who was in
the last year()
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The interest of the citizen from the village
regarding the development of the agro-tourism
services ()
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The intention to found an agro touristical
pension ()
Domains of tourism
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Would you like to take part in an educational
programme related to Alternative Forms of
Tourism ...()
Training needs
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The main methods for an educational programme
are()
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The most suitable days for educational programme
are()
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ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF OCCUPATION CULTURE OF
ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTS
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ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTS means...few words ()
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In your village are there agrarian cultures with
ecological products()
The main agrarian cultures with ecological
products in the village are ()
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Has your village potential for agrarian cultures
with ecological products ...()
The content of this potential
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The main kind of agrarian cultures with
ecological products adequate in the village
are()
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The interest of the citizen from village about
the agrarian cultures with ecological products
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The intention to found a farm with agrarian
cultures with ecological products()
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Would you like to take part in an educational
programme related to founding a farm with
ecological products ...()
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The main forms of educational programme are()
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The most suitable days for educational programme
are()
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Conclusions

• More than 2/3 subjects from the sample know the
  terms agro tourism (69) and ecological
  product (74). For the most subjects agro
  tourism mean rural tourism(81) and pensions
  (8). Otherwise, bio-cultivation mean products
  without chemicals for the 94 subject from
  sample
• In the opinion of the subjects, the rural areas
  from Timis County have a development potential
  for alternative forms of occupation. Therefore,
  70 subjects mention potential for the agro
  tourism and 67 consider the agrarian cultures
  with ecological products as a alternative for
  people occupation

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• Most of the part of the developmental potential
  for agro tourism is represented by natural
  touristical objectives (rivers and lakes 46,3,
  natural landscape 25,6)
• The potential for the agrarian cultures with
  ecological products is made by the high fertility
  of the land (73 from the subjects) an by the
  manure (18 from the subjects)
• The most suitable forms for agro tourism in
  Timis villages are country vacation and fishing
  (25,9 form the subjects), country vacation (21)
  and country vacation and hunting (19,6)

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• The subjects responses indicate that the most
  adequate agrarian cultures with ecological
  products are tomato (23), pepper (17,8),
  potato (17,4) as a vegetables apple (27,1) and
  plumb (24,6) as fruits grain (35,3) and corn
  (32,3) as a cereals.
• If they have the possibility and knowledge, less
  that 2/3 from all subject are available to start
  an alternative occupation in agro-tourism (64 )
  and to develop an agrarian cultures with
  ecological products (62)
• Approximate half of the subjects of the sample
  are interested to take part at educational
  programme related to the alternative forms of
  tourism (54) and bio-cultivation (48)

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• The training needs for the alternative
  occupation in agro-tourism are notions of
  agro-tourism (27,6), management of pensions
  (23,6), opportunity to finance of the
  agro-tourism pensions (15) and marketing in
  agro-tourism (11)
• The topics of training for bio-cultivation are
  technology and specifically information for the
  bio-cultivation (28,8), notions of
  bio-cultivation (24,4) and ecological treatments
  for cultures (13,1)
• For each of the educational programme, the main
  forms for are classroom (more than 1/3 from all
  subjects) and distance learning -including
  meetings (for around 1/3 for all subjects).