Assessment and evaluation of tourism activities with emphasis on agritourism: The case of simin region in Hamedan City

Khairabadi, Omid; Sajadzadeh, Hassan; Mohammadianmansoor, Saheb

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105045

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“…However, there are still some problems with the success of agritourism development in these countries, including providing the infrastructure, proper education, and training of farmers, providing a sufficient budget, and improving waste management as well as environmental protection in rural areas. Moreover, the role of small-scale businesses can facilitate the development of agritourism in the rural economy, which needs more studies in developing countries due to a lack of cross-sectoral coordination in policy-making and funding (Khairabadi et al, 2020).…”

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“…One of the main benefits of agritourism is the sustainability of rural communities, heritage, and cultural landscapes by providing job opportunities and increasing the income of local residents (especially women) (Ilbery, 1991;Fleischer and Tchetchik, 2005;. In addition, it can improve the environment, enrich the local culture, and enhance the quality of life for both farmers and consumers (Khairabadi et al, 2020). In the last several decades, rural communities have experienced many challenges, such as migration, low prices of products, and economic recession (Varmazyari et al, 2018;Askarpour et al, 2020;Pérez-Olmos and Aguilar-Rivera, 2021;Rauniyar et al, 2021).…”

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“…A potential advantage for agritourism in Iran is the existence of different climates, which makes it possible to grow a wide variety of crops. Iran's geography is suitable for various agritourism activities due to its specific rural life, the possibility of accommodation in villages, the combination of the methods of cattle raising, numerous cultural and rural festivals, and diverse flora, mainly medicinal herbs that can contribute to medical tourism (Varmazyari et al, 2018;Askarpour et al, 2020;Khairabadi et al, 2020). Although the arrival of tourists leads to an increase in income to invest in constructingcommercial infrastructure, rapid and unplanned urbanization and overtourism in rural and urban areas, if not managed, cause profound social and environmental consequences .…”

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Leveraging Agritourism in Rural Areas in Developing Countries: The Case of Iran

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Khairabadi

2022

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Over the past decades, agritourism has spread rapidly worldwide with the growing interest of tourists in learning about rural life and the farmers' need to increase their income with various economic activities. Diversifying business activities on the farm, primarily through agritourism, increases the farm's income and helps reduce the financial problems. Yet, the economic importance and consequently the cultural and social consequences of agritourism in rural areas have not been well studied, particularly in the developing countries. This study explores agritourism's cultural and economic consequences in unspoiled rural regions of Iran that have not yet experienced tourism as a sustainable economic activity. This study adopts a qualitative approach using the grounded theory method to the Varkaneh region located on the northern side of Mount Alvand in Hamedan province, Iran. Accordingly, interviews were conducted with four groups of tourists, local residents, experts, and local authorities. The interviews were transcribed and coded (open, axial, and selective) using the MAXQDA software and studied through the content analysis. The findings indicate that economic consequences arising from agritourism include improvement of economic development, increasing financial challenges, monetary recognition of new economic patterns, and requirement of economic and administrative measures. Cultural consequences include the emergence of cultural challenges, cultural promotion tools, culture-instilling strategies, pre-implementation management measures, post-implementation management measures, and cultural capacity development. The results could help local authorities to develop sustainable tourism plans in the rural areas with traditional agricultural livelihoods in developing countries.

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2022

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“…[10] explains that agritourism served as the potential vehicle for preserving and sustaining family farm. Likewise, the studies of Ciolac, R. et al, [11]; Khairabadi, O., et al, [12]; Schaneman, [13] manifests the complex of activity for both health and environment that delivers learning opportunities and healthy tourism activities.…”

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The Community- Managed Agritourism Trek in Tigaon, Camarines Sur, Philippines: Cbpar Approach

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Penacilla²,

Lanciso³

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The study aims to develop a community-managed agritourism trek in Tigaon, Camarines Sur, Philippines through Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) that may serve as a vehicle in uplifting the socio-economic condition, preserve the biodiversity of the locality and in support to the governments' plans and programs in promoting agriculture and tourism which will benefit the farmers, creates job opportunities, preserve nature and in response to RA 10816 of 2016 otherwise known as Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016. The study adopts the exploratory method through focus group discussions in classifying potential agritourism activities and determining possible obstacles. Interviews and ocular site visits were also conducted for validation. The participation of Agtang Tabanganon and the community shed insights in developing community-managed agritourism trek in the locality. Based from the results, the socio-demographic profile reveals that most of them were elementary graduates and their job were laborers and housekeepers while in classifying agritourism potential activities reveals agri-entertainment has the most number of activities followed by agri adventure and agri products where tourists will experience the traditional way of picking up products without any machinery used. The identified possible obstacles and the necessary trainings are opportunities towards a competitive operation of community-managed agritourism trek activities that will help the indigenous people, women, family farmers, habalhabal operators generate additional income while improving the value of the tourism experiences.

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“…Call it Bedugul village (Indonesia), Albarracin village (Spain), Reine village (Norway), Wengen village (Switzerland), Panglipuran village (Indonesia), Hallstatt village (Austria), Patiangan village (Indonesia), and Ora village (Greece) (Ma'arif, Syakdiah, and Anggraini 2019; Utama and Junaedi 2017). All of them are mountain villages that have succeeded in branding themselves as tourist villages at the foot of the mountain (Khairabadi, Sajadzadeh, and Mohammadianmansoor 2020). Branding is an image so that a product can attract and stick in the minds of consumers (Casidy, Wymer, and O'Cass 2018).…”

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Art, Nature, and Culinary as Leverage of Village Branding at the Foot of the Mountain

Minarto

Zandra

Ismail

2021

Dewa Ruci J. Pengkaj. dan Pencipta. Seni.

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Beach tourism and seaside settlements are perennially popular. Nature's potential as well as the coast's characteristic hybrid art may always entice visitors. The settlements at the foot of the mountain, on the other hand, have their own unique environmental, gastronomic, and cultural identities. Bedugul village (Indonesia), Albarracin village (Spain), Reine village (Norway), Wengen village (Switzerland), Panglipuran village (Indonesia), Hallstatt village (Austria), Patiangan village (Indonesia), and Ora village (Indonesia) are some of the names given to the villages in Indonesia (Greece). They're all mountain communities that have successfully marketed themselves as tourist destinations at the foot of the mountain. The goal of this research is to come up with a viable approach for village branding at the foot of the mountain. This study is a hybrid of action research and development research, with a focus on tourism village acceleration. The Benjor village residents, Benjor village administrators, and a sample of potential visitors were polled for information. The community around Benjor village, the Malang Regency community, and persons outside the Malang Regency were all surveyed for potential visitors. Individual interviews or focus groups, environmental observations, and archives of village office records and Malang Regency government documents were used to gather data. The purpose of this study is to understand the tourism village process before and after therapy. Mining potential excavation yields eleven environmental assets in the form of waterfalls, five culinary assets in the form of chilli sauce, grilled rice, and other similar dishes, and three cultural assets in the form of hadrah, jaranan, and dancing. The development research yielded seven goods that Benjor villagers found to be the most effective in terms of branding. For mountain slope communities, the greatest method is to combine branded items that showcase their artistic, natural, and gastronomic potential.

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Assessment and evaluation of tourism activities with emphasis on agritourism: The case of simin region in Hamedan City

Cited by 32 publications

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Leveraging Agritourism in Rural Areas in Developing Countries: The Case of Iran

Leveraging Agritourism in Rural Areas in Developing Countries: The Case of Iran

The Community- Managed Agritourism Trek in Tigaon, Camarines Sur, Philippines: Cbpar Approach

Art, Nature, and Culinary as Leverage of Village Branding at the Foot of the Mountain

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