This report, available from the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, presents findings from the 2024 National Agritourism Producer Survey. The survey questionnaire was developed by a team of researchers from Penn State, the University of Maine, the University of Vermont, and Oklahoma State University. This survey is part of a larger project aimed at defining and enhancing the agritourism support system in the United States.
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During this webinar Claudia Schmidt (Penn State) and Jason Entsminger (University of Maine) shared findings from the 2024 National Agritourism Producer Survey. The survey questionnaire was developed by researchers from Penn State, the University of Maine, the University of Vermont, and Oklahoma State University.
A case study exploring visitation patterns and visitor demographics at an outdoor recreation destination A recording of this webinar is available here. Dr. Choi’s presentationRead More
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.
This study uses county-level data to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the tourism and hospitality sector. Results suggest rural counties experienced fewer negative impacts in terms of job growth.
This study, published in the Journal of Extension in 2022, highlights the results of a national survey of Extension land-grant and sea grant professionals designed to better understand their involvement in state/regional tourism programming and their perceptions of tourism related opportunities and challenge
This webinar took place on October 20, 2022. A recording of the webinar is available here. Presentation slides are available here (PDF). A helpful overviewRead More
The intent of this volume is to provide an opportunity for academics, extension professionals, industry stakeholders and community practitioners to reflect, discuss and share the innovative approaches that they have taken to develop sustainable tourism in a variety of different contexts.
The NET Design Team and the Regional Rural Development Centers carried out a national survey process from 2017 to 2019 to catalog current tourism andRead More
Tourism has both positive and negative economic, sociocultural, and environmental impacts in any destination. Join this week’s NET webinar to hear how one popular destination is measuring the community’s perception of these impacts, and how communities in Hawaii are planning to rebuild, redefine and reset the direction of tourism there.