Title
Perceived Benefits of Agricultural Lands Offering Agritourism
Date Issued
02 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Routledge
Abstract
This study investigated residents’ perceived benefits of two types of agricultural lands (farms, cultivated forests) offering agritourism. Specifically, this study compared perceived socio-cultural, environmental, and economic services both types of lands produce and identified socio-economic, lifestyle behavioral, and past visit indicators associated with those perceptions. A survey was mailed to a random sample of 5000 households in Missouri (US), obtaining 969 responses. Respondents perceived that farms and forests produce several socio-cultural, environmental, and economic services to society, with few statistical differences between both. Socio-economic and lifestyle indicators were associated in different ways to residents’ perceptions of the services farms and forests provide. Socializing with friends and visiting those settings during childhood had a positive influence on all types of services derived from both settings. Policy, management, and marketing implications are discussed as to incorporate the benefits agricultural lands provide to society in the planning and development of agritourism.
Start page
43
End page
60
Volume
16
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del medio ambiente
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85033406025
Source
Tourism Planning and Development
ISSN of the container
21568316
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by University of Missouri Research Board.
Sources of information:
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