This book presents the depth of the new wave of agritourism apparent around the world. This book consists of four parts. The first section is an introduction to the economics of agritourism; it introduces the role of organization, management, logistics, safety, marketing, finance, economics and...

This chapter discusses the concept of agritourism. Agritourism is a style of holiday that is normally spent on farms. The term agritourism is understood differently by tourists and providers of agritourist services. For a tourist, agritourism means familiarizing oneself with agricultural production ...

This chapter discusses the economic and social impact of agritourism. The economic and social importance of agritourism can be considered in many aspects, e.g. the macroeconomic aspect, the regional economic aspect and the microeconomic aspect. The primary phenomena that affect the development of...

This chapter gives a broad macro- and microeconomic background to the challenge of multifunctional development. The chapter also discusses agritourism and rural tourism within the concept of multifunctional rural development, with special attention given to the conditions that influence or may...

This chapter discusses agritourist space. Agritourist space refers to the area of a farm providing agritourist services, its natural landscape and the landscape of the expanse that is the result of human activity. It includes the architecture, the farm landscape and the scenery formed by production ...

This chapter discusses the services, products, imponderables and agritourist attractions. 'Imponderables' means unmeasurable values, which in particular refer to agritourist space, such as the beauty of the landscape, fresh air or rural architecture. Imponderables, though not a service or product,...

This chapter describes the types of people who would be interested in agritourism. USDA estimated that over 62 million people aged over 16 visited agritourist farms within 1 year. This does not include children aged below 16 years, estimated at 20 million. Data given by the Travel Industry...

This chapter examines the supply and demand and market exchange process of the agritourist market. Apparently no country in the world records detailed statistics for the size of the agritourist market. The value of this market was assessed in some states of the USA. The state of New York has...

This chapter describes a farm generating income from as many as four different sources, i.e. from agritourism, from the direct sale of its products to tourists, from ecological production and from the European Union funds for unfavoured areas. On the other hand, in such countries as New Zealand,...

This chapter discusses the past, present and future of agritourism. For the tourist, agritourism means all forms of tourism and relaxation related to agriculture, animal breeding and food production. In this case the natural process is an extension of the meaning by ethnography, which includes the...