Naslov
The challenges of starting agritouristic estates in continental Croatia

Autori
Tolušić, Edita ; Bakan, Rikard ; Magić, Dino Dominik

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Izvornik
5. Međunarodni kongres o ruralnom turizmu- ruralni turizam: kvaliteta, održivost, uključivost / Tubić, Dejan ; Bakan, Rikard ; Pleša Puljić, Nikolina - Virovitica : Zagreb : Veleučilište u Virovitici i Hrvatska udruga za turizam i ruralni razvoj “Klub članova selo”, 2022, 609-621

ISBN
978-953-8028-17-5

Skup
5. međunarodni kongres o ruralnom turizmu: Ruralni turizam: kvaliteta, održivost, uključivost

Mjesto i datum
Cavtat, Hrvatska, 27.04.2022. - 30.04.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Agritourism, rural tourism, entrepreneurship, continental Croatia

Sažetak
The rural area with all of its unique facets of life and work, which stands in stark contrast to the everyday environment of most of today’s travelling population, has tremendous potential and foundation for the development of authentic tourist experiences. This is confirmed by trends observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, where there was a noticeable increase of tourists visiting rural areas and tourism-catering facilities that could offer to them a place for relaxation outside of massive tourism streams, peace and relative isolation, and personalised service and food made from locally grown produce. Therefore, the rural space of continental Croatia has great, albeit underutilised potential in the agritourism segment. One of the reasons is undoubtedly the relative low interest of Farm facility (hereinafter FF) owners for expanding their business with tourist services. Some of the previous studies had indicated that owners frequently emphasize problems with their lack of knowledge of legal regulations, and the sheer complexity of the regulations they came across while starting their own agritouristic estates, which has had a disincentivising effect on them. The goal of this paper is to give a theoretical contribution to the understanding of agritourism and its potential for the development of the tourist offer in rural areas and interpret the legal framework necessary for establishing agritouristic estates, and in the empirical part, through a survey carried out on ten FF from the Virovitica-Podravina county area, determine what challenges owners face when they consider or plan to expand the offer of their estate to include tourist services. The results of the survey can serve as useful data for FF owners and as encouragement for them to think about the possibilities , i.e., challenges of participating in the tourist offer. Keywords: Agritourism, rural tourism, entrepreneurship, continental Croatia

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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