摘要：Aim. Romania is a country with a very varied and diverse tourism potential and a landscape consists of27.91% mountains of total country area, with altitudes between 600 – 2500 m, an average height of 840 m and 10%of the country’s territory above 1500 m (Cernaianu et al, 2017). In Romania the winter sports tourism are focused onthe skiing activity and ski resorts. There are some 27 licensed ski areas in Romania with around 80 authorized skislopes, and a variety of ski lifts, gondolas, chair lifts, skid lifts and cable cars with a capacity of over 35,000 personsan hour serving these areas (Romania National Tourism Master Plan 2007 – 2026). There is heavy demand atweekends during the winter when snow conditions are favorable. Sport event tourism is a huge and growing globalindustry with important economic implications for both the sport, the event and the impact of travel and tourism relatedbenefits on host destinations (Candrea et al, 2010). The most popular winter touristic destinations in Romania are:Poiana Brasov, Predeal, Sinaia. Previous quantitative marketing research outlined that 45% of tourists are entirelysatisfied with the quality of the accommodation units in Braşov city and 37.9% of tourists feel the same way aboutPoiana Braşov (Candrea et al, 2010). Many tourists wish to participate in recreation, sports and adventure and to learnabout culture history and the natural areas of the places visited. Snow recreational activities include cross-country,skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing, snowshoe walking and sledding.The purpose is to present the most popular ski resorts in Romania and contribution the winter recreationaland sport activities to the tourism development.Conclusion. Mountains are ideally places for doing sport, recreation and educational trip. In Romaniathe mountain tourism based on physical activity (skiing, snowboarding) and educational trip is considered one of themost popular forms of tourism, especially among young people.
关键词：didactic trip;tourism;recreational and sport activities
