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IL Agritourism Development: A Five Year Perspective

Why Agritourism?. Trends: Health, Cooking, Connection to land, Recreation and Tourism (Demand)Negative farm financials, yet ability to produce many products and experiences.Increase support for the Ag sector.Connect two of largest industries in state.Over 10% of US population within 5 hr. drive

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IL Agritourism Development: A Five Year Perspective

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    1. IL Agritourism Development: A Five Year Perspective Bruce Wicks, Ph.D. Dept. of Recreation, Sport & Tourism University of Illinois Extension

    2. Why Agritourism? Trends: Health, Cooking, Connection to land, Recreation and Tourism (Demand) Negative farm financials, yet ability to produce many products and experiences. Increase support for the Ag sector. Connect two of largest industries in state. Over 10% of US population within 5 hr. drive of C-U. (Demand) -

    3. Where Have We Been? 5+ years ago Agritourism not on the agenda. South of I-80 didn’t exist. Strictly an urban focus for IL tourism. Loosing state tourist dollars.-

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