The International Workshop on Agritourism (IWA) 2022 Conference Proceedings is now available online. The publication is intended to increase access to the scholarship that was shared during the three-day conference, which was hosted by University of Vermont Extension in Burlington, Vermont, USA, on August 30 – September 1, 2022. It contains 27 peer-reviewed papers, which are grouped into nine topic areas: literature review, policy, ecosystem, entrepreneurship, success factors, customer experience, education of agritourism operators, case studies, and project/program documentation.
Published jointly by the National Extension Tourism Network and the Global Agritourism Network, with support from the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, the Proceedings was edited by:
- Lisa Chase, University of Vermont Extension and 2022 IWA Conference Chair
- Chadley Hollas, Cultivating Tourism
- Xinyi Qian, University of Minnesota Tourism Center
- Claire Whitehouse, University of Vermont Center for Rural Studies
The 2022 conference engaged more than 500 scholars and practitioners from 56 countries who are interested in supporting farm viability, agricultural literacy, and community vitality through agritourism. In addition to the Proceedings, another outcome of the event is the formation of the Global Agritourism Network, which was inspired by the shared scholarship that took place at the 2022 IWA and which officially launched through a virtual meeting on April 11, 2023. This network of agritourism stakeholders aims to enhance the capacity of agritourism worldwide.
For more information about the conference, visit the International Workshop on Agritourism 2022 conference website.