Does tourism destroy agriculture?

Cox, Linda J.; Fox, Morton; Bowen, Richard L.

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“…By providing catering services or cooperating with tourism enterprises, agricultural products can be directly or indirectly sold to tourists, bringing added value to agricultural and sideline products and thus promoting agricultural production [42,43]. Therefore, tourism development can also promote farmers' participation in agricultural production, thereby inhibiting land transfer.…”

Section: Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism Development and Rural Land Transfer-Out: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies

Sun,

Cao

2024

Land

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For a long time, the decline in agricultural comparative returns and the urban–rural development gap in China have prompted the outflow of rural labor. Land transfer policies, which allow farmers to retain their land contracting rights while transferring their management rights, were instituted to mitigate the impact of labor outflow on land use and agricultural production. In recent years, tourism has contributed to the diversification of the rural economy and has had an essential impact on the urban–rural allocation of elements such as labor. In this paper, we adopt a probit model to investigate the impact of tourism development on rural land transfer-out by using data from the China Family Panel Studies. The results show that the marginal effect of tourism development is significantly negative, indicating that the probability of rural land transfer-out was significantly reduced with tourism development. The results are still valid after a series of robustness tests. A mechanism analysis indicates that tourism development inhibits land transfer by enhancing local vitality, such as increasing the local employment of rural labor and promoting participation in agricultural production. Moreover, from the perspective of rural welfare and asset prices, further research finds that tourism development contributes to poverty alleviation and increases land value. These results suggest that tourism development inhibits land transfer while promoting rural sustainable development, helping to understand the impact of tourism on rural land use and household asset allocation from a more comprehensive perspective.

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Section: Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism Development and Rural Land Transfer-Out: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies

Sun,

Cao

2024

Land

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“…They also stated that there is potential to increase linkages between tourism and local food production but there are various challenges to be overcome in doing so. Cox et al, 1995 have investigated the impacts of tourism on agriculture in Hawaii. The authors stated that the tourism industry changed the structure of Hawaii's agriculture without destroying it.…”

Section: Agriculture and Tourism Linkagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Nexus Between Agriculture and Tourism in the Island of Crete, Greece

Vourdoubas¹

2020

JAS

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The relationship between agriculture and tourism in the island of Crete, Greece has been studied. Both agriculture and the tourism industry contribute more than 50% in the Gross Domestic Product of the island. The linkages between agriculture and tourism in many tourism-dominated communities and rural areas worldwide have been reviewed. The current status of agriculture and the tourism industry in Crete has been examined as well as the agro-tourism development in the island during the last few decades which is considered a typical example of agriculture-tourism cooperation. The healthy tasty Cretan diet is based on locally produced food ingredients and it is famous all over the world. Therefore, it could be further promoted by the tourism industry in the island. Increased use of local gastronomy could improve the competitiveness of the Cretan tourism industry which is currently based on mass tourism and the "sea, sun and sand" model. This could be a springboard to the local agricultural production of the island to partly cover the demand for catering in the tourism industry. Various new policies and measures are required for increasing the linkages in these two sectors. The use of locally produced agricultural products would replace foodstuff transported to the island from long distances, reducing the carbon emissions due to their transportation. Strengthening the linkages between agriculture and tourism in Crete would trigger growth in both sectors, offering many economic, social and environmental benefits to the island.

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“…Generally, the perception in tourism dependent countries is that tourism contributes to the demise of other sectors such as agriculture (Linda, Fox, & Bowen, 1995). Arguably, tourism has contributed to the displacement of farms on prime agriculture lands for tourism related infrastructure resulting in loss of employment and income for local producers Telfer & Wall, 1996).…”

Section: Agriculture and Tourism Linkagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strengthening Farmers–Hotel Supply Chain Relationships: A Service Management Approach

Thomas-Francois

Massow

Joppe

2016

Tourism Planning & Development

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This thesis is an investigation of inter-sectorial linkages between the tourism and agriculture sectors. Tourism presents an innate opportunity to create dynamic service systems that promote sustainable development in both developed and developing countries. The alternative development paradigm promotes tourism inter-sectoral linkages to achieve a more sustainable form of development. Agriculture and Tourism Linkages are generally subscribed to as a means of distributing tourism benefits to host communities in tourism dependent developing countries. The supply of local food to hotels is one channel in which these linkages can be facilitated. For decades, research has found farmer-hotel supply chain relationships to be weak resulting in economic leakages due to high food importation to support the tourism sector (Telfer & Wall, 1996;. A framework within which these linkages can be strengthened is proposed. Instead of the traditional cost-driven transactional management of hotel supply chains, a service-oriented farmers-hotel supply chain is considered. This approach places greater value on local food as it becomes part of the visitors' service experience. Investigations of two hotels' local food supply chains indicated that the service oriented approach contributes to strengthening agriculture and tourism linkages. Strengthened linkages using local food are expected to contribute to solving socio-economic challenges such as; unemployment among the rural poor, low income of farmers, food insecurity and poverty. This research provides useful insights for development planners, policy makers, service sector managers, academics and futuristic thinkers in the tourism industry who are all in search of practical solutions to the tourism development challenge highlighted.iii DedicationThis thesis is in honor of my mother Margaret Mary Joseph for her commitment to ensuring that my siblings and I were educated even though she did not have such privilege.

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Does tourism destroy agriculture?

Cited by 29 publications

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Tourism Development and Rural Land Transfer-Out: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies

Tourism Development and Rural Land Transfer-Out: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies

The Nexus Between Agriculture and Tourism in the Island of Crete, Greece

Strengthening Farmers–Hotel Supply Chain Relationships: A Service Management Approach

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