@article{Mihaela:265810,
      recid = {265810},
      author = {Mihaela Marušić},
      title = {The influence of agrotourism on socio-economic development  of Primorsko-goranska county},
      journal = {Agroeconomia Croatica},
      address = {2017-12-15},
      number = {663-2017-3102},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {Agrotourism has an increasing significance in the  development of Croatia. Although 92% of the country is  rural, the portion of rural in total tourism has long been  represented with a very low share of 5%. The share of  tourist family farms is only 0.2% of the total number of  registered farms in Croatia. Rural tourism is a significant  factor in the activation and sustainable development of  rural areas. It helps preserve local identity, tradition  and customs, protects the environment, strengthens  autochthonous, traditional and ecological production and  helps the development of rural areas on the basis of  sustainable development. The surveys conducted in  Primorsko-goranska county resulted with several conclusions  and suggestions of measures to encourage the further  development of agrotouristic activities in these areas.  There is still insufficient development of agrotourism as  an economic activity in Primorsko-goranska county, however  there are initiatives for a more intensive development of  economic activity in the future, especially in the area  rich in biodiversity and characterized by a favorable  geographic position. The geographic position of the county  is manifested primarily in good connections with the larger  towns of Croatia and the city of Zagreb, and expressed in  three physiognomic units: coastal, islands and Gorski  kotar. Furthermore, the survey shows that there is a  specific interest among the farmers to initiate this type  of economic activity. Agrotourism contributes to the  development of the county, the revival of agricultural  production, the preservation of the tradition, the  preservation of the population in the village and the local  identity, and the increase in the number of tourists.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/265810},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.265810},
}