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In recent years, tourism products and services have been oriented to offer more experiences than those of classical leisure activities for tourists. More, the COVID-19 pandemic drew a new trend in travel: the tourists are now oriented to internal offers rather than the external ones, to rural regions instead of urban ones. Romania and Moldova are two well-known international countries that are both producers and exporters of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) wine. The aim of the paper is to analyze (qualitative and quantitative) the motivation of tourists from Romania and Moldova for wine tourism, to model the motivation according to the socio-demographic characteristics of tourists and the specific elements for travel (accommodation, frequencies of visit, average stay). For quantitative analysis, an online questionnaire by convenience sampling was used to collect the data, and statistical methods were used for analysis. Even if these countries have cultural similarities, our results indicate statistically significant different motivations and different profiles of wine tourists. By using a co-occurrence link between the terms from WoS and Scopus scientific articles with VOSviewer software, our results indicate a link between wine tourism, rural and festivals tourism, and cultural heritage. Our research fills a gap in the literature, being the first comparative research on wine tourism in Romania and Moldova. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of contemporary society, the behaviour of the consumer is influenced to a great extent by models that appear in advertisements. Romanian clothing companies should take into account that globally they are competing against top brand companies with proven marketing strategies and which make use of celebrity endorsements in order to increase the value of their brands and to strengthen their image. The research purposes are as follows: (1) to empirically test -- by using non-parametric statistics and through a convenience sampling and self-administrative questionnaire -- Romanian consumers' preferences for using celebrity endorsements in fashion clothing TV advertisements both for Romanian and global brands, (2) to measure customers' brand loyalty, (3) customers' awareness, and (4) consumers' purchase intentions towards brands. A set of five research hypotheses was tested. Our results validate the international ones. These results fill a gap in the little empirical knowledge available on celebrity endorsements in Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]