Agritourism is a style of vacation in which hospitality is offered on farms. This may include the opportunity to assist with farming tasks during the visit. Agritourism is often practiced in wine growing regions, as in Italy, France and Spain.
Dude ranches offer tourists the chance to work on cattle ranches and sometimes include cattle drives.
Agritourism has often been proposed as a means to prop up a local agricultural economy when local producers are no longer economically competitive otherwise.
An example of an agritourism enterprise can be found in Lansing, New York at Indian Chimney Farm, where alpaca, horses, goats, waterfalls, gorges, gardens and more are available for farm tours. A small country gift shop with fine alpaca apparel and other locally handcrafted gift items helps to sustain the farm. http://www.IndianChimneyFarm.com
Agrotourism started with the sole aim to improve the life of farmers especially in mountainous regions and in areas with a developing economy.
Incentives provided with agrotourism have been successful in keeping the residents of such regions at home, therefore preventing depopulation of the countryside and at the same time the architectural heritage is preserved through the renovation of buildings, the regional cultural heritage is promoted, while the income of farmers is supplemented and improved.
Agrotourism is emerging at the right moment to cover the need of tired city-dwellers for a closer contact with nature, as well as with things and experiences long-forgotten, such as bread baking and traditional pastry-making, loom weaving, horse-back riding, a stroll in the forest, life at a tranquil pace.
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