This paper presents synthesized knowledge from the agritourism field from the last decade. Our aim was to critically present the most common agritourism topics in the literature, such as life-seeing and life-participating agritourism concepts, tourists' view and farmers' view on agritourism, together with the most important economic and non-economic agritourism benefits and goals for both the supply and demand sides. This paper also presents the impact agritourism has on economic diversification of agriculture. Agritourism can help family farms to remain in business, preserve agricultural heritage, maximize the productivity of farm resources through their recreational use, and improve the economic situation of local communities. Agritourism presents the potential to generate additional income, diversify the farming economy, lower risks and uncertainties and form a symbiotic relationship between agriculture and tourism.

Wellness and spa tourism has increasingly become an important economic and marketing strategy for hoteliers, resorts and tourist destinations to attract tourist visitations. Deep understanding of consumer profiles and their key motivations within this context is vital in order to sustain the growth of wellness and spa tourism business. This paper presents an exploratory study that seeks to understand the spa and wellness tourists' motivation during their visits to spa and wellness service centers in Slovenia. The purpose of this research is to examine the characteristics of a healthy-living market segment and its motivational behavior to wellness facilities in Slovenia. The paper provides the broad understanding of wellness and spa tourists' profiles in Slovenia and the key motivation factors.

This study analyzes the effects that action 112 of the Rural Development Policy had on the socioeconomic status of Slovenian dairy farms. The data used in this paper were collected from Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), a database for applicants in action 112 (young farms transferees), from whose applications for participation in this action the data were obtained. Twenty-eight different econometric models were developed during the first stage of the research. The evaluation of the models was subsequently performed by applying valid statistical and econometric criteria. The results reveal the main positive effects that action 112 had on socioeconomic indicators of the dairy farms: number of full-time labor power, number of head of large livestock, total revenue (in euros) and net value added. Statistically significant differences in benefits from action 112 among dairy farms were determined by using two sets of dummy variables: region and level of education. The research in the field of the effect of the rural development policy action support of young farmers on socioeconomics performance of milk farms can make a significant contribution to developing the researchers’ work and policy makers’ decisions. Furthermore, this research is important from the agronomic point of view, since its results support two of the basic goals of Common agricultural policy after 2020: environmental care and conservation of landscape and biodiversity.

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Abstract.We present a crop plan that aims to maximize farmers’ returns and minimize production costs for the analyzed agricultural holding. This study describes a model that combines linear programming (LP) and the weighted goal programming (WGP) method with penalty functions to simultaneously satisfy a variety of goals within the tolerance interval bounds in terms of their weights. The results indicate that, from an economic perspective, WGP sub-model including LP gives a better solution than using the LP sub-model separately. We designed the model to handle five different types of field and vegetable crops during crop planning and was tested for WGP optimization [WGPSC1, WGPSC2, WGPSC3, and WGPSC4 (SC4 for testing model parameterization)) on four different scenarios. For example, the farmers’ returns in the WGP scenarios were higher or equal as in LP scenario (by approx. €100 to €110) while the costs were reduced (from €2.58 in the case of mechanical labor costs and to €1,376.66 for fertilizer costs). In addition, the combination of both serves as a more viable option for diversified and economically optimized crops to be included in crop plans. It is also important that the WGP calculated higher farmer returns, even though it was run on a cropping area that was 0.02 ha smaller than that in the LP. Further, the model was tested with a parameterization process to determine and explain the role of weights and penalty functions on the quality of the model results. Keywords: Agricultural application, Agricultural economics, Farmer’s return, Mathematical modelling.

The main aim of the paper is to investigate potential guests' expectations in Serbian motels. Through the literature review process, it was determined that there is a cack of research

Over the last decades "wellness spa" industry has experienced a boom around the world. The word "Wellness" has been formed by merging two words: "Well Being" + "fitness", and appeared in the thirties of the last century in the United States. The primary objective of this movement is an ancient philosophy, according to which there ´s no fulfilled life without the assent of the physical and mental, also physical and spiritual. Hotel guests, today more than ever, want higher quality offer for their money. This means that wellness is today a very important criterion by which customers select hotels. For this reason it is necessary to pay great attention to the planning, design and construction of this part of the hotel facility. The subject of this paper is wellness and spa centers as part of the hotel facility. The task is to investigate and analyze elements of this space, to determine spatial areas of wellness center, as well as their relationships and spatial organization, in order to reach the goal -getting useful guidelines for planning quality wellness center. To all of this could be achieved, we must first go back to distant history where dating back the beginnings of wellness.Alternative approaches to wellness are often denoted using two different terms: "health and wellness" and "wellness programs". Wellness programs offer alternative medical techniques to improve health. Whether these techniques actually improve physical health is controversial and the subject of much debate. James Randi and James Randi Foundation are the honest critics of this alternative concept of a new era of health. Wellness often includes many health related disciplines, such as therapy with natural products.Wellness, as part of the luxury needs, can readily be found in affluent societies because it involves dealing with the body, after the basic needs for food, shelter and medical care base are already accomplished. Many of the activities applied in wellness, in fact, aimed at controlling the side effects of enrichment, such as obesity and inactivity. Wellness roots can be found in 19th century, when the middle class in the industrialized world found time and resources for different forms of self-improvement.Wellness, as defined by the Foundation of Wellness, considers prevention without drugs, which can not be eliminated health problems, but they can be prevented. Wellness focuses on minimizing the effects of the three dimensions of stress: physical stress (which causes irritation to the nervous system), chemical stress (which causes toxicity of the body) and mental stress (which can trigger hormonal changes, mainly in the adrenal glands).It may be noted that the definition of wellness vary depending on who promote it. These wellness promoters try to ensure a healthier population and a higher quality of life. It is the pursuit of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Wellness as an alternative concept generally means more than the absence of disease -an optimal state of health. Supporters of the program believe that many factors contribute...

Poglavje se ukvarja z učnimi metodami za poučevanje slovenščine kot drugega in tujega jezika (SDTJ) v hotelirstvu in turizmu. Izvedli smo kvantitativno raziskavo s ciljem ugotavljanja najustreznejših metod za poučevanje SDTJ na področju turizma in hotelirstva za neslovensko govoreče zaposlene. Izhajamo iz hipoteze, da zaposlenim v hotelirstvu in turizmu zaradi delovnega časa ustreza e-učenje, ki jim skladno s konceptom odprtega učenja omogoča fleksibilnost glede proste izbire vsebine, časa, lokacije poučevanja, učnih pripomočkov in tehnologije. V zaključnem delu poglavja predstavljamo prosto dostopno spletno aplikacijo Hotel Slovenščina, ki je nastala kot rezultat Študentskega inovativnega projekta za družbeno korist Hotel Slovenščina.