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Charline DUBOIS Serge SCHMITZ

Agritourism at the Crossroads of the Socio-Ecological European Transition. Charline DUBOIS Serge SCHMITZ. FNR Luxembourg Laplec - ULg Belgium. Liège - ENTI 2011. Context. Increasing pressures & difficulties in some European rural countryside

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Charline DUBOIS Serge SCHMITZ

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  1. Agritourism at the Crossroads of the Socio-Ecological European Transition Charline DUBOISSerge SCHMITZ FNR Luxembourg Laplec - ULg Belgium Liège - ENTI 2011

  2. Context • Increasing pressures & difficulties in some European rural countryside • Decreasing of agricultural activities & lost of importance of farmers • Diverse sociological economical cultural and environmental consequences • Diagnosis in accordance with the challenges of the socio-ecological transition

  3. Solution • Multiplication of the territorial development strategies • Vector of diversification : transition Agritourism as a solution

  4. Agritourism • Hybrid activities : agriculture + tourism • New expectations of the tourists in EU • Integration of other values : sustainability

  5. Framework Integration in the socio-ecological transition ? • Tourist activity in the farm & local economy • Social and environmental outputs • Knowledge & wellbeing Which countryside for which agritourism ? • Prospective and international analysis

  6. Framework • International comparisons & on-site investigations • Local tenants/farmers – tourists – organizations – institutions • Walloon Region – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – Slovenia

  7. And so what ? Countryside ↔ Transition ↔ Agritourism • Comfortable solution : well according to the directions of the socio-ecological transition • Network of the tourist actors easy ↔ Local producers ? • Inheritance preservation ↔ Landscapes ? ↔ Energy ? • Importance of the social role and wellbeing • Global knowledge & learning → Better adaptation

  8. And so what ? • Different types of agritourism : heterogeneity • Diversity of resources and various factors (geographically) • Importance of images & marketing • Influences of characteristics of the farm • Adaptation in the local system and in sustainability ?

  9. And so what ? • Different motivations linked • Tourists : return to authentic values • Farmers : economic and social aspects • But problem of image • To be innovating and concerned by quality and tourist wellbeing • New frame : business tourism on farm

  10. If any questions … charline.dubois@ulg.ac.be

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