Paper Title
STUDY ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TOWARDS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCALITY THROUGH TOURISM

Abstract
Tourism is a complex sector that revitalizes other sectors such as transport, trade or communications. For a locality, development through tourism would generate income, attract investors and create new jobs. Development through tourism is an opportunity for economic and social revitalization of the city. The paper aims to identify the opportunities for economic development through tourism of a small or medium-sized locality in Romania and determine the perception of the local community towards such a development direction. For this purpose, a quantitative market research was conducted. The results obtained reveal that the community's attitude is positive regarding this type of development. Keywords - Local community, Tourism development, Locality, Quantitative research.