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Characteristics of Selected Aspects of Activities of Agritourism Farms in the Bug Valley in the Province of Lubelskie
Janusz Leszek Sokół
Dominik Dąbrowski
Katarzyna Radwańska
Mikołaj Jalinik
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The article presents characteristics of selected aspects of activities undertaken by agri-tourism farms, including forms of recreation in rural communes situated along the Bug River in the province of Lubelskie, with special emphasis on what farm owners regard as barriers to and enablers of agritourism and eco-tourism. Information used in the study was collected in a survey carried out in 2018 in communes located in the Bug River valley in three provinces: Lubelskie, Podlaskie and Mazowieckie, which involved 99 owners of agritourism farms, classified either as conventional or organic, or undergoing conversion from conventional to organic production. It was found that hiking, cycling and walking were the most frequently chosen forms of leisure ac-tivities. According to the respondents, the development of agritourism in the Bug River Valley is most enabled by the region's natural values, especially the peace and quiet provided by the area, while the fear of investing and the lack of financial resources are the biggest barriers to such development. The results of the study reveal differences and similarities in the perception of agri-tourism and ecotourism by owners of farms in the Bug valley in Lubelskie Province compared to the whole sample including two other provinces .The development of rural tourism in Lubelskie Province is hampered by the seasonality of the offering, no habit of weekend recreation and, gen-erally, the low popularity of this form of recreation. (original abstract)Keywords:
Agrotourism, Ecotourism, Questionnaire surveyMost read articles by the same author(s)
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Sokół, J. L., Dąbrowski, D., Radwańska, K., & Jalinik, M. (2020). Characteristics of Selected Aspects of Activities of Agritourism Farms in the Bug Valley in the Province of Lubelskie. Studia Periegetica, 29(1), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1231
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