The transition from tourism on farms to farm tourism

Busby, Graham; Rendle, Samantha

doi:10.1016/s0261-5177(00)00011-x

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“…As far as the type of activity is concerned, indeed, not all agritourism can be considered entrepreneurial activity. We include any kind that can be considered commercial tourism on working farms (Busby & Rendle, 2000;Frater 1983) 2013 re-activation of abandoned farms (rural tourism according to the Law).…”

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Environmental Quality and Entrepreneurial Activity in Rural Tourism in Italy

Betta¹,

Amenta²

2012

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We estimate the relation between environmental quality and services in rural tourism in Italy. We use the average number of firms per region in 2003-07 to indicate entrepreneurial activity. We suggest that heterogeneity among administrative regions can be tied to environmental quality. Incorporated farms in rural tourism are relatively more common in regions with better environmental quality, and command higher average price from better quality in hospitality. Only 7% of entrepreneurial activity can be attributable to environmental quality. We conclude that rural tourism activity in Italy is not genuinely tied to environmental quality.

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“…As such, this is an attitude which implies a less direct and more sophisticated contact with nature. We presume that in this group of rural tourism activity we are facing what is more a lodge than a farm, and what, paraphrasizing Busby & Rendle (2000), is tourism on farms rather than farm tourism on working sites.…”

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Environmental Quality and Entrepreneurial Activity in Rural Tourism in Italy

Betta¹,

Amenta²

2012

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“…Perhaps not so obvious, and less studied, is the collective organization of farm tourism above the level of the single farm. As the sector of farm tourism has developed (Busby & Rendle, 2000), various ways to institutionalize the sector thereby making it more stable have also come into being, for example in the form of quality schemes (Sharpley & Vass, 2006). In many cases these and other institutions have been developed by collective organizations and are maintained by them.…”

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“…Such studies have been carried out in Europe (Davies & Gilbert, 1992;Di Domenico & Miller, 2007;Embacher, 1994;Evans & Ilbery, 1992b;Gössling & Mattsson, 2002;Haugen & Vik, 2008;Hjalager, 1996;Oppermann, 1996;Sonnino, 2004), North-America (Veeck & Veeck, 2006;Weaver & Fennell, 1997), Asia (Choo & Jamal, 2009;Fleischer & Tchetchik, 2005), and Oceania (Pearce, 1990). 3 Austria, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany are reported to have high numbers of farms with tourism (Bessière, 1998;Busby & Rendle, 2000;Dernoi, 1983), indicating that there are other countries with a lower "density" of farm tourism.…”

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Stability and variety – Products, organization and institutionalization in farm tourism

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Schermer

Grießmair³

2012

Tourism Management

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a b s t r a c tProducts, collective organization and institutions are factors that shape farm tourism. The aim of this paper is to present new knowledge of the way these factors are designed and provide lessons for management in the sector. Research findings to date suggest these factors are varied but similarities within findings exist. However, while there have been a number of studies on the importance of each of the factors, few studies focus on the combined impact of them. This study attempts to go some way toward filling this knowledge gap. The empirical cases for the study are derived from three European locations: two regions in the Alps: North Tyrol in Austria and South Tyrol in Italy, and Norway. The breadth and variety of the product range differ. We also find clear contrasts between the cases when it comes to the structure of farm tourism organizations. However, the goals of the organizations are quite similar emphasizing three types of tasks: marketing, competence building and quality assurance. Concerning systems for quality assurance, a type of institutional factor, two cases are similar, while the third case (Norway) has a different (less strict) system. Based on a comparative analysis of the cases we develop a conceptual model showing the interdependence between products, organization and institutions in the farm tourism sector, and the influence of market and location. We provide some examples of application of the findings by various actors and agencies in tourism.

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“…Bowler et al (1996) argue that the most common option for farm diversification into the tourism arena has been found to be accommodation provision. Busby and Rendle (2000) estimate farm accommodation to be worth £70m in England and Wales in 1995, while research for South West Tourism (2002) into farm diversification shows that of 36,400 farms in the region, 16% (5800) had diversified into some form of accommodation. However, 'Farming and tourism enterprise: experiential authenticity in the diversification of independent small-scale farming ',Tourism Management,vol.…”

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