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Agro-Tourism: A Piece of History at Our Fingertips

Type of paper: Research Article

Author

Vlad Bauer

Corresponding Author

Affiliation: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Published:June 15, 2011

How to Cite

Bauer, V. (2011). Agro-Tourism: A Piece of History at Our Fingertips. CACTUS Tourism Journal, 3 (1).

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© 2011 The Author(s);

Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

Abstract

The agro-tourism is an important component of the overall touristic activity, with multiple benefits for both local communities and environmental protection. This touristic activity plays an important role in getting the young people who left their rural communities to come back to them. The role that the agro-tourism has in this matter is to create jobs and by stimulating the businesses in the rural area, to participate in the development of rural communities. It is a wide spread form of tourism, especially in countries such as France, Germany, Italy. Romania has a great potential for this type of activity and also, a great need for the advantages that this type of tourism brings

Keywords

Ecotourism, Agro-tourism, Sustainable development, Renewable energy

JEL Classification

Q 17, Q 18, Q 13, P 25

References

E.C. Regulation No. 834/2007. (2007).

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument: Eastern regional programme, strategy paper 2007–2013. (n.d.).

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument: Republic of Moldova, country strategy paper 2007–2013. (n.d.).

Lee, T., & Stănciulescu, G. (2011). Special interest tourism for community benefits. Editura ASE.