5. Farm Accommodation and Agricultural Heritage in Orkney

Generating public and private benefits through understanding what drives different types of agritourism

“…According to these commentators, this is happening in two different ways; 1) farmers are converting to tourism due to its income overshadowing agricultural revenues, and 2), opportunist rural in-migrants are establishing 'agritourism' businesses. However, it is predominately suggested that agriculture provides a baseline for agritourism supply (Gladstone and Morris, 2000;Jaworski and Lawson, 2005;Roberts, 2002).…”

“…However, a number of authors note the importance of the physical environment (images and ideals) that attracts visitors to countryside areas (Busby and Rendle, 2000;Fleischer and Tchetchik, 2005;Jaworski and Lawson, 2005;Timothy, 2005;Garrod et al, 2006;Carpio et al, 2008;Frisvoll, 2013). There is also a suggestion that demand is growing for agritourism (Busby and Rendle, 2000;Gladstone and Morris, 2000;Roberts, 2002;Barbieri and Mshenga, 2008;Blekesaune et al, 2010), whereby the majority of this demand is believed to come from urban areas (Jaworski and Lawson, 2005;Timothy, 2005;Kizos and Iosifides, 2007;Barbieri and Mshenga, 2008). On the basis that demand is stimulated by an urban desire to sample different and traditional ways of life (Busby and Rendle, 2000;Jaworski and Lawson, 2005;Timothy, 2005), it could be argued that agritourism is a form of cultural tourism (Iakovidou, 1997;Daugstad and Kirchengast, 2013).…”

“…On the basis that demand is stimulated by an urban desire to sample different and traditional ways of life (Busby and Rendle, 2000;Jaworski and Lawson, 2005;Timothy, 2005), it could be argued that agritourism is a form of cultural tourism (Iakovidou, 1997;Daugstad and Kirchengast, 2013). However, agritourism growth is also believed to be associated with a general growth in the short break and activity break markets, and increasing numbers of tourists reacting against conventional mass-market tourism (Gladstone and Morris, 2000;Blekesaune et al, 2010).…”

Copreneurship in rural tourism: exploring women's experiences

“…Getz and Carlsen, 2000;Oppermann, 1997), but fail to specifically report numbers involved. Some (Danes, 1998;Getz and Carlsen, 2005;Gladstone and Morris, 2000;Kousis, 1989) also state the dominance of the female partner in terms of responsibility and task completion, but again do not report numbers of couples involved, stating instead that family businesses are common and that women take a central role.…”

Agritourism: A Possible Alternative to Zimbabwe’s Tourism Product?

“…Sharpley, 1997). The connection is sometimes expressed in terms of the two being intertwined (Gladstone & Morris, 2000). The analysis of the definitions of agritourism shows that its objective involves having members of the public coming to a farm with the ultimate goal being to increase farm income by providing fee-based education to the client.…”