Agritourism: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Industry Analysis

Chase, Lisa; Stewart, Mary Lynn; Schilling, Brian J.; Smith, Becky; Walk, Michelle

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2018.081.016

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“…As emphasized by American scientists, staying at a farm continues to be popular in the US and in many European countries, and the attractions located in agritourism facilities provide a great incentive for engaging in a broad range of tourist activities. Also, American scientists claim that the factors of decisive importance for the development of agriculture cannot be clearly identified because in addition to local natural resources, there also other important aspects related, for instance, to education or cultural events held in rural areas [103]. Therefore, the characteristics of an agritourism business may be expected to be highly convergent with the presence of natural and cultural assets (where available).…”

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Geographic differentiation of agritourism activities in Poland vs. cultural and natural attractiveness of destinations at district level

Sadowski

Wojcieszak

2019

PLoS ONE

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One of the trends in today’s tourism sector is the development of environmentally-friendly tourism activities which rely on natural resources of cultural heritage and on biodiversity. This is definitely the case for agritourism, a form of rural tourism. The purpose of this paper is to identify the development aspects of Polish agritourism with particular emphasis on natural and cultural attractiveness. To demonstrate the relationship between agritourism activities of Polish farms and the cultural and natural attractiveness, the Hellwig’s synthetic development indicator was used. As shown by research, the cultural and natural attractiveness of a destination is an important exogenous development factor. Another finding was that the intensified efforts undertaken by the farmers to access EU funds were not focused on areas with valuable natural or cultural resources and an untapped agritourism potential; instead, they were oriented at regions dominated by semi-subsistence or family farms. For a large part of farmers, the new form of support is about to become a source of additional incomes.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Geographic differentiation of agritourism activities in Poland vs. cultural and natural attractiveness of destinations at district level

Sadowski

Wojcieszak

2019

PLoS ONE

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“…Agritourism, which includes activities such as farm markets, wineries, U-Picks, farming interpretive centres, farm-based accommodation and harvest festivals [38], is considered an on-farm income diversification tactic that maintains farming activities and the agricultural landscape [38][39][40][41]. Agritourism emerged across numerous rural areas beginning in the 1970s as part of agricultural communities' response to the economic, social, cultural, environmental, and political effects of globalization [42].…”

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Rural Food and Wine Tourism in Canada’s South Okanagan Valley: Transformations for Food Sovereignty?

Robinson

2021

Sustainability

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This interdisciplinary research analyses the relationships between food sovereignty principles and food and wine tourism in rural contexts by asking how rural tourism stakeholders understand these concepts, mobilize the interrelationships, and to what purpose. Wine and food tourism is one of the fastest-growing rural tourism niches, with effects on the orientation of food systems, the livelihoods of producers, the viability of rural communities, and the biophysical environment. Secondary research and semi-structured interviews provide insights into how qualities of food sovereignty transitions are conceptualized, recognized, developed, supported, and promoted in the case of British Columbia’s South Okanagan Valley. An appreciative approach was used because this research aims to understand rural food and wine tourism’s potential contribution to food sovereignty. Although the term ‘food sovereignty’ did not resonate for most participants, qualities of a transition towards food sovereignty such as reorienting agriculture, food processing and consumption to the local region, supporting rural economies and environmental sustainability were considered integral to rural food tourism. Participants saw future opportunities for rural food and wine tourism to serve broader transformative purposes that would benefit locals, visitors, and the environment. Research results could be used to inspire critical academic, community and policy dialogue about food sovereignty in wine and food tourism destinations.

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“…The continued price drop of commodity crops also contributed to farm diversification, with about two-thirds of portfolio farmers (i.e., farmers with a diversified portfolio of income-generating farm-related businesses) in Texas reporting having diversified through agritourism (Barbieri & Mahoney, 2009). However, the real importance of agritourism as a component of farm income is debatable (Chase, Stewart, Schilling, Smith, & Walk, 2018;Schilling, Sullivan, & Komar, 2012). For example, farmers may choose to charge visitors directly for leisure and educational activities, or use them as a loss leader to increase direct sales of produce or added-value products.…”

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A gap analysis of farm tourism microentrepreneurial mentoring needs in North Carolina, USA

Ferreira

Morais

Szabo

et al. 2020

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Tourism is frequently proposed as a strategy to revitalize rural economies. The current mushroom¬ing of web platforms for the tourism sharing eco¬nomy affords rural microentrepreneurs opportu¬nities to capitalize on the growing demand for authentic experiences. However, these platforms may actually be widening the socio-economic gap between individuals across the digital and urban/ rural divides. In addition, the well-established urban culture of entrepreneurial mentorship is not taking hold in the rural areas, which direly need to attract and support nascent entrepreneurs. Farms are increasingly adopting tourism to diversify their business models, and Extension agents are trusted mentors par excellence of agribusiness entrepreneurs; therefore, this study explores the extent to which Extension agents feel able to address the mentoring needs of farm tourism microentrepre-neurs. We measured both tourism e-microentrepre¬neurial self-efficacy (TeMSE) among farmers and tourism e-microentrepreneurial mentoring self-efficacy (TeMMSE) of Extension agents. Results show that farmers have relatively low self-efficacy in the dimensions of e-marketing and marshalling resources, and that agents may be efficacious men¬tors in these dimensions. Farmers also show low self-efficacy in adapting to externalities; however, agents do not perceive themselves as efficacious mentors in this dimension. We conclude with a discussion of practical implications for train-the-trainer strategies to enable farm tourism micro¬entrepreneurship success.

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Agritourism: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Industry Analysis

Cited by 44 publications

References 6 publications

Geographic differentiation of agritourism activities in Poland vs. cultural and natural attractiveness of destinations at district level

Geographic differentiation of agritourism activities in Poland vs. cultural and natural attractiveness of destinations at district level

Rural Food and Wine Tourism in Canada’s South Okanagan Valley: Transformations for Food Sovereignty?

A gap analysis of farm tourism microentrepreneurial mentoring needs in North Carolina, USA

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