Agronomy journal, Vol. 69 No. 5, 2007.
Review article
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PRECONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPING AGROTOURISM IN ZAGREB COUNTY
Ramona Franić
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Lovorka Cunj
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Croatia can be declared as a tourist country, visited by many tourists constantly searching for new and different forms of entertainment. Now Croatia can offer something new: agrotourism. Agrotourism is a form of rural tourism (green or village tourism), which means that tourists stay in a rural area where they can actively participate in living and working on a farm. The goals of this study were to determine the social and agricultural preconditions significant for developing agrotourism in Zagreb county, especially in comparison with Istrian county which has developed this activity rather well. Zagreb county has very good potential for rural tourism: together with agricultural potential, it is its geographical position and good road connections. Both regions – Zagreb and Istrian county – have specific natural, social cultural and gastronomic offer preconditions for developing rural tourism.
Keywords
agrotourism; tourism; agriculture; Zagreb county
Hrčak ID:
26581
URI
Publication date:
23.10.2007.
Visits: 4.507 *