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Tourism sector provides employment to the 7\% of workers in the world. It becomes a very important “export” opportunity in the countries where the level of income is low. Besides the benefits of tourism activities in local cultures and eco-systems, it also has irrecoverable negative effects. However, new opportunities provided by “alternative tourism” change this situation. Interests to travels having minimum negative effects on current natural and cultural richness and which are satisfactory in terms of e...

In today’s world, tourism issue has been dealt with in another way, totally different from classic tourism. The countries which are able to constitude variour types of alternative tourism, pioneer the others and multiplying their profit share, they have considerable advantages in payment balances. One of the tourism types thought under the range of variation in tourism is health tourism. In order to have tourism in every season throughout the year. When said health tourism, the first thing to remember is thermal...

One of the oldest geographical regions in Romania, the subcarpathian zone situated between the Ialomita and Prahova rivers, having important natural resources, has generated a geodemographical evolution of the human settlements different from other areas in the country, especially with the help of economical development. Starting from the 18th century until the second half of the 20th century, accented economical initiatives are observed. These are related to the exploitation and processing of oil resources, the e...

Our previous study demonstrated the presence of environmental erionite fiber exposure in The Tuzk\"oy town in NevЕџehir located in the Cappadocian Region, Turkey. The aim of this study was to investigate whether environmental erionite exposure increases the incidence of lung cancer and mesothelioma. Method: One hundred and ninty-two deaths from mesothelioma and lung cancer living in the center or in the towns of NevЕџehir were retrospectively (between 1999 and 2003) analyzed. The mortality of lung cancer and mesot...