local agenda 21 local plan for sustainable development of bistriþa ...

External Opportunities
Geographic location of the city and its appurtenance to a
region with a high tourism potential at national and
international level.
Localities with curative potential, natural reserves, hunting
areas: Blajenii de Jos, Colibita, Cusma, Lunca Ilvei, Parva,
Piatra Fantanele, Posmus, Sangeorz-Bai, Valea Mare, Valea
Vinului; opportunity to exploit the reserves existing in the
county: Bargaului, Calimani and Rodnei mountains; cultural
tourism, ecological tourism, thematic routes; international
sporting events.
Mineral water resources in Viisoara, Slatinita and Sarata with
a tourism and curative potential - not yet exploited.
Particular and diverse spirituality of the municipality as a
result of the combination of the Romanian, German and
Hungarian elements in the localities’ structure and buildings.
Recognition of Bistrita’s attractiveness in specific literature.
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MUNICIPALITY
Deficient public transport and use of environmentally unfriendly
means of transport
Deficiencies in the urban infrastructure;
Lack of selective waste collection and lack of ecological waste
deposit.
Insufficient financial support and low capitalisation of patrimony
through cultural activities;
Historical and architectural reserve area preponderantly
inhabited by disadvantaged population, who are not available
and lack the financial means to accept the challenges of such
an zone.
Insufficient education and awareness of the population
regarding patrimony values.
Insufficient sporting and leisure arrangements for locals and
tourists.
Lack of capitalisation of tourism and curative potential of the
municipality.
Lack of detailed tourism concept.
Low attractiveness of tourism; services and consulting provided
at low standards; low number of hotels, private pensions,
cultural events, festivals, thematic routes, conferences,
exhibitions; inadequate use of historical decor for cultural
events; lack of capitalisation of multicultural and multiconfessional
traditions of the city.
Insufficient and inadequate location of the Tourism Information
offices; lack of tourist maps, professional tour guides and tourist
posters;
Inexistent or lack of updated local, regional or national Web
sites including tourism and cultural information.
Threats
Lack of motivation in tourism caused by loss of authenticity of
local patrimony, uncontrolled or doubtful interventions resulting
in depersonalisation of the city and affiliated localities and
devaluation of the medieval public space.
Alteration of the ratio of historical city-park-perimetral hills.
Decrease in the recreational area of the town.
Aggravation of the problems in historical area caused by the
difficulty of forbidding vehicle traffic in this zone and the lack of
parking spaces.
Lack of a coherent concept regarding the road traffic at
municipal level.
Low opportunities for ring road.
Alteration of the perception area of the historical monuments.
Depersonalisation of the affiliated localities.
Doubtful professional level of cultural events, which are not