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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0094

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN TOURISM IN THE TIMIȘU DE JOS - COMARNIC RAILWAY SECTOR: THE ROLE OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT

Adrian Nicolae Jipa1, Camelia Teodorescu1, Carmen Ileana Dobrescu1, Florian Alin ButoIv1
1 Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Romania, Departament of Human and Economic Geography, Romania


Sustainable tourism can be realized only through an ecological education, having as main concern the environmental education of the young generation. Greening and awareness raising activities must be properly implemented. The study is based on the results of the project "Young people and the natural environment", which involved questionnaires among 150 young people. The results highlight the negative effects of mass tourism, which lead to the need for the realization of educational strategies (information materials offered in tourist trains such as leaflets or mobile applications, social media pages), workshops for tourists in collaboration with local administrations or Bucegi Natural Park rangers. All these activities are based on the role of rail transport in environmental protection in the Prahova Valley, Timișu de Jos - Comarnic sector.

Keywords: greening, educational strategies, the protection of the environment, conservation

pages: 94-98, Published: 2025, online: 2025



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