The paper „Typology and Planning of the Tourism Regional Development in Romania” presents a succinct approach of the general conceptual background of regional science, context in which have developed also the theoretical elements on the typology and planning of the regional economic growth. In the paper is presented the typology of regional development of tourism in Romania, in the form of touristic regionalization or zoning of the country, as well as some of the typological groups made in the specialized literature for Romanian tourism. Also, the paper presents a theoretical delimitation of the concept of regional development in tourism and some of the plans/programmes that include the Romanian regional tourism development, too: Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013, National Development Plan 2007-2013 of Romania, National Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 and Master Plan for the Development of National Tourism 2007-2026.