The wine tourism developed in a growing manner in the last years contributing to the economic development of the wine regions of the world. The so called wine tourists seek for an authentic experience in the wineries based on the activities they develop during their visit and given by the region attributes. This research aims to emphasize the tourists’ experience in which relates the wine region of Dealu Mare, Prahova county and identifies the main advantages that this tourist area has regarding the agrotourism potential. The data were collected by applying a questionnaire (n=600) and the results were displayed using charts that show the behavior and activities undertaken by tourists during their visit in the wineries. Hence, the tourist’ behavior in which relates wine consumption and winery visitation has been outlined, also their preferences in terms of wine regions of Romania and abroad. The paper presents also some limitations in which relates the study area and the number of the respondents.

The global warming, tourist crowds, thermal discomfort, ultraviolet radiation, ecotourism, ethnic Saxons, Saxon villages, sustainable tourism, craft and culinary art, tourist potential, UNESCO cultural objectives. In the summer season, due to the heat wave that persists in most of the country, the very high thermal discomfort, the temperature-humidity index (ITU) that exceeds the critical threshold of 80 units, more and more tourists go to the mountain areas and depression. In this sense, the Saxon settlements in Transylvania are an alternative for tourists who love nature, hiking, traditional art and cuisine. The Saxon villages in the heart of Transylvania have become a tourist attraction in recent years. His Majesty, King Charles of Great Britain, drew attention to these areas where time seems to have stood still. This research is based on a questionnaire, from which we drew conclusions about the reorientation of tourism activity in the Transylvanian region for this period, when climate change is increasingly felt. It is the first research of its kind, which tries to correlate the influence of climate change on tourism activities, for the central area of Romania, i.e. Transylvania.

Human development is a component part of the development of socio-economic, naturalgeographical systems. Currently, the need for comparative studies of human development appears increasingly imperative, in an attempt to track the level reached by states, regions or urban and rural human habitats within them, with the goal of evaluating the effectiveness of development policies applied by governments or regional and local administrations, beyond certain indicators or statistical series that attest to certain aspects of human development. Through this study, we proposed the calculation of the HDI at the level of human habitats of the North Development Region of the Republic of Moldova, with the disaggregated indicators taken into account, compared to the indicators taken into account by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the calculation of the Human Development Index (HDI) of the states. This fact would allow a more accurate analysis of human development at the locality level. The purpose of this study is to estimate and determine the spatial differences of the HDI in the localities of the North Development Region (NDR) in the context of the implementation of the Regional Development Strategy of the Republic of Moldova and the intention of European integration of the country. The main results of the study consist in the creation of a valuable cartographic set with reference to the four dimensions of human development, as well as the map of the aggregate index of human development related to the human habitats of the region, a typology that can serve as a benchmark in the argumentation of territorial, administrative and financial decentralization which is to be implemented. The main methods used in the study: comparative, statistical, direct standardization, mathematical, the GIS system. The HDI study of the North Development Region includes 315 urban and rural localities within the region, through four dimensions that attest the level of human development and 12 indicators (values), these being related to the habitats of primary rank: communes and villages.