Regional Signatures and Trends in the Farm Tourism Sector

• Autores: Claudia Ollenburg
• Localización: Tourism recreation research, ISSN 0250-8281, Vol. 33, Nº. 1, 2008, págs. 13-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Farm touirism is an old phenomenon with new economic and social significance farrning, tourism and rural eonununities. Many teaInres of the farm tourism sector are similar oo orldtwide, hut there are distinct regional ditterence,. The portfolios of farm tourism products offered, in particular, differ significantly both between and within continent,, producing regional signatures analogous to those in ether sector of the tourism industry. Farm tourism in Europe is recognizably different from farm tourism in North America. Within Europe, there are differences between the livestock landscapes and farmstays of the colder North and Alps, and the vineyard and olive landscapes of the warmer South. Within North America, there is a division between dude ranches in the West and so-called agritainment in the East.