Agri-tourism in peri-urban areas: lessons from a vegetable tourism initiative in the Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park (Catalonia)

Authors

  • Valerià Paül Carril Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Noelia Araújo Vila Universidad de Vigo
Keywords: peri-urban tourism and leisure, agritourism, peri-urban agriculture, Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park (Catalonia)

Abstract

The paper undertakes an examination of peri-urban agriculture and presents a literature review of the types of tourism associated with it, namely peri-urban tourism and agri-tour­ism. Against this background, a vegetable tourism initiative launched in the Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park (Catalonia) in 2008 is studied. The possibilities presented by such an initiative in relation to the multiple tourist options of peri-urban areas are appraised.

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Author Biographies

Valerià Paül Carril, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Noelia Araújo Vila, Universidad de Vigo

How to Cite
Paül Carril, V., & Araújo Vila, N. (2012). Agri-tourism in peri-urban areas: lessons from a vegetable tourism initiative in the Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park (Catalonia). Cuadernos de Turismo, (29), 183–208. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/153841
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