Analyses of the Attitudes of Agricultural Holdings on the Development of Agritourism and the Impacts on the Economy, Society and Environment of Serbia

Abstract

Agritourism as a special type of tourist migration is a very important link in the diversification of rural areas, connecting the geography, culture, tradition, and gastronomy of the local population, and placing products and services through the hospitality and tourism market. Thanks to this form of tourism, underdeveloped places are gaining in importance and attracting the attention of visitors who are oriented towards natural things, which in turn contributes to a better economic situation of the locality and the population. This paper aims to examine the attitudes of farm owners in the Republic of Serbia toward the impact of agritourism on the economy, living environment, social life, and culture. The data were collected by surveying the owners of agricultural holdings in the territory of the Republic of Serbia and statistically processed using factor analysis, descriptive statistics, and linear regression. Based on the obtained results, it has been established that the owners of agricultural farms are interested in the development of agritourism, and that their positive perception of the impact that agritourism has on the living environment and economy greatly contributes to that. To a lesser extent, a positive attitude was noted toward the importance of agrotourism for the local community and locals, where the positive aspects of agritourism were the education of visitors on agriculture, promotion of the local culture, agricultural and gastronomic products, and sustainable development and investment in infrastructure.

Impacts of the integral development of agriculture and tourism on agricultural eco-efficiency: a case study of two river basins in China

“…The results of this study are of direct importance to policymakers in China, for the government plays a very significant role in promoting industries integration in rural areas (Ćirić et al, 2021;Su et al, 2019). As it is discussed above, the integral development of agriculture and tourism is helpful for improving agricultural ecological efficiency, which is also beneficial for achieving sustainable agricultural development and rural revitalization.…”

“…The theoretical enlightenments brought by this study are given as follows: On the one hand, this study expands the research content of influencing factors of agricultural eco-efficiency, indicating that we may explore the influencing factors from the perspective of industrial integration besides the input factors of agriculture; on the other hand, it also enriches the impact research of agricultural tourism integration, while most existing literature mainly concentrated on the effects of agri-tourism on the rural development and residents' living environment (Ćirić et al, 2021;Lupi et al, 2017;Nooripoor et al, 2021). Meanwhile, it provides a new research perspective to reveal the inter-relationship between agriculture and tourism, while lots of studies are concentrated on the influences of agriculture on tourism.…”

“…The agro-tourism activities is deeply affected by ecological, economic and tourism resources, of which ecological factors are the most critical (Koscak, 1998;Lupi et al, 2017;Torres, 2003;Wei, 2015). Agriculture-related tourism activities, such as harvesting local products and gathering forest fruits, also may affect the environment (Ammirato et al, 2020;Ćirić et al, 2021), especially on agriculture environment. However, few research and data have focused on the integral development of these two industries on agricultural environment or agricultural sustainability.…”

Experienced Well-Being in the Rural Areas of the Srem Region (Serbia): Perceptions of the Local Community

“…The most important existing capacities lie in the food industry, and potential ones in the fields of food, chemical, wood, and textile industry. The development of tourism should be in cooperation with the development of homemade crafts (as the fundamental or additional source of income of the households) [88,89], so that the manufacture of objects would be in the function of the development of tourism. This would further keep the population active and keep young people in rural areas, so that they could, by offering tourist services, in part overcome the problem of unemployment [90].…”