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NO. 2/ APRIL 2013
Editorial Board
H O NO RARY E DIT O RS : MOMCILO LUBURICI,
Professor PhD, President Founder of "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest
CORINA ADRIANA DUMITRESCU, Professor PhD, Rector of "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest
E DIT O RS IN CH IE F:
CIPRIANA SAVA,
Associate professor PhD., "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest, Faculty of Management in Tourism and Commerce Timişoara
LUIZA CARAIVAN,
Associate professor PhD. "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest, Faculty of Management in Tourism and Commerce Timişoara
CO NS UL T AT IVE B O ARD:
MIRELA MAZILU,
Professor PhD. University of Craiova, Faculty of Social Sciences, D. T. Severin
GHEORGHE LEPĂDATU,
Professor PhD., "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest
ZORAN MARKOVIC,
Professor PhD. University of Belgrad, Technical Faculty Bor, Serbia
Belgrad, Technical Faculty Bor, Serbia
ECATERINA PUTZ,
Professor PhD. University of the West, Timişoara
MARIN BURTICĂ,
Prof. PhD. West University, Timişoara
PUIU NISTOREANU,
Professor, PhD. ASE Bucuresti JOZSEF GAL,
Associate professor PhD. Szeged University, Hungary
GABRIELA POHOAŢĂ,
Associate professor PhD.
"Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest
FILIP PAŢAC,
Associate professor PhD.
"Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest, Faculty of Management in Tourism and Commerce Timişoara
EMILIA GOGU,
Associate professor PhD. Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest
DINA LUŢ,
Associate professor PhD. UCDC Timisoara
CO NS UL T AT IVE B O ARD:
MARIUS MICULESCU, PhD. UCDC Timisoara MIHAELA LAZOVIĆ,
Professor PhD. The College of Hotel Management, Belgrade Serbia
L ANG UAG E E DIT O RS : OANA IVAN,
PhD. candidate,
University of the West, Timişoara, LUIZA CARAIVAN
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ISSN 2285 – 424X ISSN-L 2285 – 424X
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QUAESTUS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH JOURNAL
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The QUAESTUS journal is published by the
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT IN TOURISM AND COMMERCE TIMIŞOARA
DIMITRIE CANTEMIR CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
TIMIŞOARA, 2013 ISSN 2285 – 424X
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5 TOURISM AND CONSUMERISM ... 7 MINERAL WATERS AND RADIOACTIVITY Mircea Goloşie, Cipriana Sava ... 9 NATIONAL AND TOURIST IDENTITY OF CITIES THE CASE STUDY OF BELGRADE Đorđe Čomić, Slavoljub Vićić ... 15 TOURISM IN THE SMALL REGION OF FEHERGYARMAT AND ITS TOURISM VALUES Jozsef Gal, Katalin Szucs, Constanstantin - Dan Dumitrescu ... 28 IMPLEMENTATION OF MARKETING IN RURAL TOURISM Ciprian Pavel ... 36 STANDARDIZATION - THE STRATEGIC OPTIONS OF THE MODERN HOTEL INDUSTRY Novak M. Svorcan ... 43 CONSIDERATIONS ON THE STUDY OF CONSUMPTION AND CONSUMERS’ BEHAVIOUR Ecaterina Putz ... 56 THE WICS MODEL OF LEADERSHIP: THEORY AND APPLICATION IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT Aleksandar Kontić ... 63 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS Horia Liviu Popa ... 71 EDUCATION AND CULTURE ... 83 LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT COLLEGES OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION IN PRACTICE Ljiljana Kosar, Mihaela Lazović, ... 85 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING: A STUDENTS’ REPRESENTATIONS ANALYSIS Laura Ioana Coroamă .... 98 INTRODUCING THE MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Luiza Caraivan ... 106 A PLEA FOR ECONOMIC HERMENEUTICS Gheorghe Băileşteanu, Anda Laura Lungu ... 112 WHY DO ROMANIANS SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGES SO WELL?
Oana-Roxana Ivan ... 119 BOOK REVIEWS ... 125 THE ENGLISH OF TOURISM Oana-Roxana Ivan ... 127 TREASURES OF THE BANAT REGION BY VIOLETA TRIPA, ARISTIDA GOLOGAN – A TEXTBOOK Eliana Popeţi... 131
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