The Italian model of "albergo diffuso": a possible way to preserve the traditional heritage and to encourage the sustainable development of the Apuseni Nature Park.

Abstract

Many studies have shown that protected areas, if properly managed, can determine the economic development of the involved territory. The main goal is to ensure a tourist flow that meets the ideas and the objectives of preservation and conservation, able to produce the best cultural, social and economic results with really low ecological prices. In order to protect and preserve, in Italy new forms of accommodation have been recently created, one of them being albergo diffuso, which is a hotel composed of several old and restored buildings located within the historical centre and situated at different distances one from another. One of the best examples of this type of accommodation can be found in Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Abruzzo region, in the National Park of Gran Sasso-Laga Mountains, where this kind of rehabilitation process was started for tourist purposes, so that the old abandoned borough could come back to life. Seeing the success of this new form of tourism accommodation infrastructure we propose the implementation of this model of tourism development in a group of old wooden houses from the Giurcuţa de Sus village in Apuseni Nature Park (ANP). The Giurcuţa de Sus houses have a great architectural potential, many of them being well preserved. Traditional local houses will also become tourist attractions once the project of creating an infrastructure that follows the albergo diffuso model will be implemented.

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