A GEOGRAPHICAL AND LEGAL STUDY OF AGRITOURISM IN SPAIN: A SUPPLY-SIDE PERSPECTIVE

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.451481
Keywords: agritourism; rural tourism; legal framework; agri-food sector; Spain.

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This paper seeks to explore the current state of agritourism in Spain by taking a supply-side perspective. Following on from a theoretical-conceptual analysis of agritourism, the presence of this activity within the Spanish legal-administrative framework and the provisions made for it therein are examined, and its territorial distribution within Spain is described. Despite the existence of a tourism framework that is apparently favourable to agritourism, given current trends in tourism demand and Spain’s great potential for tourism, the level of development and implementation of agritourism in Spain is not as advanced as that in other European countries. The recognition of agritourism and, consequently, the development of an identity that is distinct from that of other types of tourism have not, as yet, been adequately addressed in Spain.

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16-12-2020
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Cors Iglesias, M. (2020). A GEOGRAPHICAL AND LEGAL STUDY OF AGRITOURISM IN SPAIN: A SUPPLY-SIDE PERSPECTIVE. Cuadernos de Turismo, (46), 25–46. https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.451481
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