Relationships Between Agrotourism and Certified Quality Food in Italian Rural Areas

Journal Title: Romanian Review of Regional Studies - Year 2015, Vol 11, Issue 1

Abstract

Since the early 1960, farms are one of the alternatively forms of hospitality in few Italian regions located predominately in the north and in the centre of peninsula. In 1985, Italian government promulgated a law in order to regulate this non-conventional form of tourism, by delegating to the regions the direct management of administrative procedures and inspections in farms. Nowadays, Italian agritourist farms represent a good chance to give value in favour of farm by the diversification of agrarian activities and also by holistically promoting local food in a direct connection to local gastronomy, rural heritage and tradition, with positive effects on the endogenous development in rural areas. The aim of the paper was to assess the role of agritourism in raising the socio-economic development of rural space by the diffusion of certified quality food using a quantitative approach and to assess if agritourist and certified quality food were tools able to implement the living conditions in the countryside. The findings have disclosed that tourists from abroad have increased the level of farmer income giving value towards high quality food and farm holidays farms. Instead, the impact of Italian agritourists has been relatively poor because of the economic crisis.

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NICOLA GALLUZZO

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NICOLA GALLUZZO (2015). Relationships Between Agrotourism and Certified Quality Food in Italian Rural Areas. Romanian Review of Regional Studies, 11(1), 77-88. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-95280