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Geographic differentiation of agritourism activities in Poland vs. cultural and natural attractiveness of destinations at district level

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  • Arkadiusz Sadowski
  • Monika Małgorzata Wojcieszak

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One of the trends in today’s tourism sector is the development of environmentally-friendly tourism activities which rely on natural resources of cultural heritage and on biodiversity. This is definitely the case for agritourism, a form of rural tourism. The purpose of this paper is to identify the development aspects of Polish agritourism with particular emphasis on natural and cultural attractiveness. To demonstrate the relationship between agritourism activities of Polish farms and the cultural and natural attractiveness, the Hellwig’s synthetic development indicator was used. As shown by research, the cultural and natural attractiveness of a destination is an important exogenous development factor. Another finding was that the intensified efforts undertaken by the farmers to access EU funds were not focused on areas with valuable natural or cultural resources and an untapped agritourism potential; instead, they were oriented at regions dominated by semi-subsistence or family farms. For a large part of farmers, the new form of support is about to become a source of additional incomes.

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  • Arkadiusz Sadowski & Monika Małgorzata Wojcieszak, 2019. "Geographic differentiation of agritourism activities in Poland vs. cultural and natural attractiveness of destinations at district level," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(9), pages 1-22, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0222576
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222576
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