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This study explores the driving factors behind the inception of agrotourism ventures and conducts a SWOC (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges) analysis of such ventures in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India. Using a snowball sampling technique, 10 agrotourism units were selected for the study. Data was collected through structured questionnaires and analyzed using percentage analysis and NVIVO software. The results revealed that generating additional income and utilizing existing resources, are the primary drivers for starting agrotourism ventures. Personal factors, like enhancing quality of life and seeking new challenges, also play significant roles. The SWOC analysis highlights strengths such as unique family-oriented experiences and promotion of local culture, while identifying weaknesses in marketing reach and financial constraints. Opportunities include leveraging digital platforms and expanding educational programs, whereas challenges involve regulatory compliance and managing both agricultural and tourism operations. This comprehensive analysis provides valuable insights for stakeholders to develop targeted strategies supporting the sustainable growth of the agrotourism sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper is to establish the current state of research regarding the relationship between quality and the development of agritourism. This study presents a systematic review of key findings, such analysis helps in the identification of key research topics, interrelations, and collaboration patterns in the field of agrotourism, quality service in agrotourism, quality management in agrotourism, service quality in agrotourism based on theories derived from previous research and services literature. This paper gives insights about majorly studied research themes and also identified common areas of current research interest and potential directions for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper presents the identification of medicinal plants from the spontaneous flora of Gorj County, which can be used in the promotion and development of agrotourism, an untapped field, with a significant impact on the economic, ecological and social situation of the area, given the current pandemic context and the need to respect sustainable development. The importance and topicality of the topic in the current context is that medicinal plants growing in the spontaneous flora of Gorj County, can be used in the promotion and development of agrotourism, as ornamental and decorative plants, but also for obtaining traditional cuisine, phytotherapeutic and cosmetic, due to the rich content of active principles of plant origin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The agrotourism industry in Malaysia has shown an increased interest among young tourists. The study aimed to explore the prospects of agrotourism among youth in Malaysia. The objective of this study is to identify the interests and needs of young people while visiting agrotourism destinations. The study focuses on a town called Pekan Nanas, Malaysia, famous for its pineapple production. Three methods employed in the study are surveys, interviews, and document analysis. The findings show that youths enjoy agrotourism with family and friends in large numbers. To attract youth, consistent promotion and marketing need to be carried out to get the information they need. In addition, interesting activities need to be enhanced, and basic amenities should be sufficient for tourist use. This paper is hoped to provide valuable information as a baseline study to help tourism-related authorities improve the current situation in Pekan Nanas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The need for Africa to diversify its tourism offerings continue to receive research attention. Against this backdrop, this study examined the potential of developing agrotourism, with specific reference to the cocoa sector in Ghana. Ghana has carved a global image for itself as a cocoa production hub. Using a mixed- methodological approach, the study purposively solicited data from respondents in four selected communities that show great potential for cocoa agrotourism business. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered to 120 people selected from the four selected communities. The study also purposively selected and interviewed key informants in the tourism and agriculture sectors. The key findings from the study revealed that cocoa agrotours is a potential avenue to alleviate rural poverty and economic hardships in the country. It must however not be seen as a panacea to rural poverty alleviation. Based on findings, the study concludes that conscious efforts by locals, private and government are needed towards product development, diversification and marketing in the agrotourism niche market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rural tourism seems to be an appropriate tool for the revitalization of the declining rural areas and the assurance of a sustainable future. For this reason the present paper builds on the viewpoint that the future of rural tourism destinations is inextricably connected to the implementation of best practices. The development of rural tourism in Greece faces a series of major contradictions; taking this into consideration, the case study focus on the emerging rural destination of Florina, in North Western Macedonia that has been awarded by the European Commission as one of the 10 best European destinations for agrotourism (2007). The aim of the paper is to identify and discuss tourism strategies and "good practices" that can clearly improve the quality of tourism offer in equivalent rural areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sustainable development requires important changes to be accomplished in all sectors of economic activity and tourism is not an exception. Moreover, tourism was amongst the first sectors that integrated the ecological criteria in product design, strategies and development plans. The outmost of this trend is concentrated in ecotourism that will be proved to be a key factor for achieving the ambitious goals of sustainable development. Our approach emphasizes the role of events organized by guesthouses and explains how these events could be used for improving the marketing strategies in Romanian villages. The impact of 2008 economic crisis is integrated in the analysis building on its crucial role for the widespread acceptance of the green economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the broader category of rural tourism, agrotourism is a type of tourism carried out in a very specific environment, mixed livestock and tillage farms. Its importance resides in the fact that it offers the possibility of complementing the income generated by the fami with income generated from tourism while at the same time carrying out an activity that promotes the conservation of nature. Although rural tourism has enjoyed strong growth in European countries such as Spain, the same has not occurred with agrotourism, in spite of the great potential that exists for it. The aim of this paper is to study the attitudes and motivations of tourists to the practice of agrotourism, an activity which has a strong environmental component. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rural tourism in Buzau county had developped in the last few years, especially in the hill and mountain areas, consisting in rural areas with touristic potential unique in the world and inhabitants that still keep their traditions. In this article, we analyze the offer of accomodation capacities with the purpose of determining the investment and promotion necessities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Agrotourism, a form of tourism that falls within the framework of rural tourism, is based on the tourism taking place on farms with the possibility of doing work with the owners of the farm with this being seen as a leisure activity, educational in nature and of interest to members of many groups. The importance of this kind of tourism resides in the possibility of complementing the income generated from the farm with income produced by the tourism, as well as assuring the conservation of the environment and the agricultural system in which it takes place. The objective of this paper is to highlight the possibilities for the development of agrotourism in areas where it has had little impact, from the perspective of agricultural entrepreneurs and their willingness to diversify their traditional activities and make them compatible with tourism. A survey of 494 entrepreneurs carried out in Extremadura (Spain) shows the existence of a positive attitude to the development of tourism (80%), though these same entrepreneurs also show some reluctance to actually participate in it themselves. From this survey it can be seen that although this kind of tourism has great potential in the area with interesting benefits related to increasing the income and quality of life of the agricultural entrepreneur (74%), as well as the preservation of the landscape and rural heritage (71%), it still faces many challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Agrotourism is a form of tourism that encourages visitors to experience rural culture as a tourist attraction. The term "agro-ecotourism" was used for the first time in Costa Rica in 1994, and it is generally used as synonym of agrotourism. Nonetheless, not all cases of agrotourism display sufficient concern for the environment to be considered agro-ecotourism. The aim of the present document is to examine the relationship between tourism and agriculture in Costa Rica by comparing the current use of the agro-ecotourism label with its theoretical foundations based on the analysis of 68 projects in Costa Rica. In all these projects, tourism activities were combined with agriculture. The study found that just a few of the evaluated projects are following the characteristics presented by the agro-ecoturism definition while suggesting the need to establish a system of certification to differentiate agro-ecotourism projects from other kinds of tourism businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism is an information intensive industry and as a service industry, information is the most significant quality factor for the industry. E-tourism is part of electronic trade that includes the fastest developing technologies that assist to the hospitality and tourism strategic planning and management. The aim of this paper is to analyze and compare the quality of 3 Internet sites and detecting their strong and weak points by analyzing quality into its constituent dimensions. Research was carried out by personal interviews and via electronic mails to a sample of 413 persons and internet users, out of which 157 responded. Statistical analysis included simple and multiple comparisons ANOVA and t-tests. Research detected some medium quality ratings, as well as, some more positive evaluations of certain individual factors. The Internet sites that collected the highest ratings are Agrotravel (5.32), Guest inn (5.08) and Ecotourism (4.26). Elements considered important in all three web portals are the lack of interaction facilities and conversation sections and personalized options with user personal accounts. Emphasis must be paid on the design, information, interaction and overall quality of a web site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract: This paper analyses the supply of an important form of rural tourism, agrotourism, at a level of each of the four provinces on the island of Sardinia (Italy). Importantly, an analysis is undertaken on the impact that legislation has had on the life cycle. The analysis is framed into three main sections—firstly, the main legislative interventions introduced in Sardinia by the local government that were aimed at regulating the supply of agrotourism are presented; secondly, a life cycle description is given based upon a literature review and a methodology presented; thirdly, the life cycle analysis and legislative impacts are combined using an econometric approach in terms of trend factors of the Sardinian businesses over an extended period from 1986 to 2003. The analysis identifies that regional legislative actions have indeed had a significant impact in the evolution and dynamics of the supply of agrotourism on the island. The quantitative methodology identifies some heterogeneity in modelling the trend for each of the four Sardinian provinces, and evidence exists indicating that agrotourism is entering a stagnation stage. On the basis of the economic results obtained, suggestions are given to both the private sector and public policy makers in agrotourism. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This article approaches the waste management problematic in agrotourism and its implication in sustainable development. Under this aspect, agrotouristical rooming houses must be inquired in their three existing stages: execution stage, usability stage, laying up stage. It had been found that a medium rooming house produces almost 450 tones of wastes in a year. From those, about 300 tones are recycling organic wastes after composting. These circumstances sustain the idea that an intense activity of awareness about environment protection and the possibilities of an ecological agrotourism in rural environment must be developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rural tourism has long been considered a means of achieving economic and social development and regeneration. More specifically, it has been widely promoted as an effective source of income and employment, particularly in peripheral rural areas where traditional agrarian industries have declined. More recently, however, a number of established tourism destinations have also turned to rural tourism in order to diversify their tourism products and markets and to spread the benefits of tourism away from the coastal resorts into the hinterland. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which this latter role for rural tourism represents a realistic tourism development policy. Based upon research into the development of ‘agrotourism’ in Cyprus, it highlights the challenges and problems encountered by rural tourism entrepreneurs, identifying a number of issues which militate against the success of rural tourism development. In particular, it identifies high development costs but low returns, low demand, a lack of essential skills and the dominance of mass tourism operators as major challenges. It concludes, therefore, long-term financial and technical support is essential if tourism is to play an effective rural development role. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The paper analyzes the natural and artificial potential form the rural environment in the county of Sibiu. Here are presented the rural areas that have touristic abilities (the area of Marginimea Sibiului, counties with churches and fortresses surrounding Sibiu, a valley of Hartibaci, the plateau of Tarnave and counties situated in the low side of Fagaras montains). In Sibiel there is a tradition in practicing the agroturism for about 34 years. Here there are 34 rural touristic/agroturistic pensions recognized by the ANT. In Marginimea Sibiului there were identified the following types of touristic villages: ethnographic-folk in Răşinari, Sibiel, Sadu, Tilişca, Poiana; by artistic creation and craftsman, in Gura Râului, Sălişte, Poiana; landscape and climatic, in Jina şi Râul Sadului (and Pătiniş), pastoral villages, in Jina, Poiana, Râu Sadului, Rod. In the rural area of the county are practiced diffrent types of tourism: mountain tourism, itinerary, cultural toursim, etno tourism, rural/agrotourism, religious tourism balneal tourism. Only in Marginimea Sibiului work 164 of agroturistic pensions. The paper work presents the main touristic routes in this area. There are poposed measures that are supposed to help developing the rural tourism in Sibiu. There are also proposed means of promoting the agroturistic product in Sibiu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper films is to present the regional initiatives launched outside of Hungary's borders in the last few decades which have proved functional as well as the Euro-regions that concern our country (Popoviciu, Gabriela, 2007). It is characteristic of Euro-regions that they do not have a local government or political power of their own, their activity falls in the range of competency of the local and regional authorities that constitute them, and they do not form a part of the official regional statistical system of the EU (NUTS). They also show a wide variety in terms of their structure. Some consist of administrative units of the same level (Carpathians Euro-Region), others comprise cities, towns and other units, like the Danube-Körös-Maros-Tisza Euro-region. Bihor - Hajdú-Bihar represent a new form of close regions cooperation. This region is situated at the border between East and West. Individualised, the region is situated in the North-West of Romania and East of Hungary, with a population of about 1.1 million inhabitants and 13,775 sq. km. It has two components: a plain area and a mountain area, each of one with specific attractions. Apuseni Mountains National Park (in Bihor) and Hortobagy National Park (in Hajdú-Bihar) are the main attractions. In addition, through the urban-rural diversity, cultural, folkloric and ethnographic resources, the region is very interesting because of the cultural and historical complexity of the region. A lot of tourism forms can be promoted (balnear, rural, cultural, sports, business travels etc.) and tourist packages can be created (Bădulescu, Alina, Bădulescu, D., 2006). We consider that is absolutely necessary to create a marketing strategy based on the complementary aspects of the two areas and creating synergies in the benefice of them. The long lasting development of the tourism in our region, throughout creation of an adequate communication in the shape of a relationship, in order to turn into account experience and stored information by the partners involved and to determine dynamism of the touristic field in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]