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DRACULA TOURISM IN ROMANIA: FROM NATIONAL TO LOCAL TOURISM STRATEGIES
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Starting from the constant controversy regarding the capitalization of Dracula's myth, the paper analyses the place of Dracula tourism in the Romanian national policy and local destination management. The study focuses on two key Dracula destinations and highlights the main actors and strategies that have shaped their evolution as well as the main components of local heritage capitalized.
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