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Library The Value of Traditonal Rural Landscape and Nature Protected Areas in Tourism Demand: A Study on Agritourists’ Preferences

The Value of Traditonal Rural Landscape and Nature Protected Areas in Tourism Demand: A Study on Agritourists’ Preferences

The Value of Traditonal Rural Landscape and Nature Protected Areas in Tourism Demand: A Study on Agritourists’ Preferences

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Date of publication
ноября 2017
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ISBN / Resource ID
DOAJ:87796eb0c9b048b0bac4032e75d6e70a
Pages
17
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This study focuses on how traditional rural landscape and proximity to a Natura 2000 Site of Community
Importance (SCI) might influence consumers’ choice of an agritourism farm for a weekend stay. Data were
collected in Umbria region’s (Italy) agritourism farms in 2014 by interviewing 160 tourists. Results from a
discrete choice experiment reveal that the most important feature affecting the interviewees’ propensity to
pay a premium price to stay in an agritourism farm is the well-preserved traditional landscape (willingness to
pay 32.32€/night for two people), followed by the availability of a swimming pool (willingness to pay 20.95€/
night for two people), the proximity to a historical village (willingness to pay 18.37€/night for two people) and,
the location in a Natura 2000 SCI (willingness to pay 13.57€/night for two people). Furthermore, the results
underline how the preservation of the traditional landscape and protection of the surrounding environment
play a strategic role in developing agritourism and provide economic benefits to local communities.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Torquati Biancamaria
Tempesta Tiziano
Vecchiato Daniel
Venanzi Sonia
Paffarini Chiara

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