Oportunităţi de valorificare turistică a reţelei hidrografice a Republicii Moldova

Abstract

The rivers always ocuped a central place in the human history since the emergence of the first civilizations. Providing the water, an indispensable element of the life, alluvial plains for agriculture, the source for the acquiring food and the navigation support, the rivers have contributed to the development of the first modern human settlements and the urban centers. The technological progress, the land and air transport development and the food industry diminished the role of inland waterway resources in the social development, often, representing the impediments: its cause the fragmentation of arable land and urban territories, etc. The modern society, especially the western, has realized the tourists and landscape value of inland waterways areas, and started a process of requalification the rivers and their integration in urban environments, giving them a new function: support and resource for tourism activities. This article aims to identify opportunities for tourism valorization of Moldova’s river network by analyzing the international practices and experiences.