TOURISM AND ITS ROLE IN THE ECONOMY, UNDER THE CURRENT CONTEXT.

Tourism is a phenomenon which is a separate field of activity, a critical component of social and economic life and which is constantly evolving under the influence of changes in contemporary civilization. Currently, efforts of the specialists of the domain are moving to determine with scientific rigor the content of tourism, its interdependencies with other elements of the economy. Tourism activity is among the economic, social, cultural, political and educational form, which has been enforced in modern times, its spectacular development constituting a characteristic feature of this period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]