Agritourism

Agritourism is one option for economic development in rural areas. Research has shown that rural regions are already popular destinations. In 2000, the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment found that approximately 82 million people visited farms during that year. It also found that even though only a small percentage of American farms were participating in the agritourism industry, income earned from agritourism was close to $800 million! Learn all about agritourism in this brand-new article from geographer Brian Baskerville.