TOURISM SEASONALITY IN THE SPAS OF ROMANIA

The paper aims at presenting the seasonality as one of the most important elements that influences significantly the tourist activities. The research methododology deals with the statistical analyze of the basic indicators that define the seasonal flows – the arrivals of tourists, the overnight stays and the ratio between them and the average stay, having as main result the setting out of the tourist seasonality in the spa resorts in Romania. The interpretation of the results show that in these spa resorts the tourist season differs very little from the tourist season registered at the national level, the periods of the tourist season being approximately identical for of all three indicators. Further, the results show that in the case of tourists' arrivals, the seasonal tourism in Romania (May-September) is one month longer than the seasonal spa tourist season in Romania (June-September), in the case of tourists' overnight stays, the seasonal tourism in Romania (June-September) is identical with the seasonal tourism in the Romanian spa resorts (June-September), and in the case of the average tourists' stay, the seasonal tourism in Romania (June-November) is shorter by one month, compared to the seasonality of the spa resorts in Romania (May-November).