چکیده:
Farm-based tourism is not a new phenomenon (Busby & Rendle, 2000); indeed, tourism on farms has long been recognised throughout Europe as an identifiable form of rural tourism that, in some cases, dates back over a century (Dernoi, 1983). For example, it has been suggested that up to a quarter of farms in Austria have been ‘receiving tourists for nearly 100 years’ (Hummelbrunner & Miglbauer, 1994) whilst Germany also has a long tradition of farm-based holidays (Oppermann, 1996). At the same time, national policies for the support and development of farm tourism have been in existence in a number of countries for the last half-century. In France, state financial aid to support the redevelopment of redundant farm
buildings into accommodation facilities, or gıˆtes rureaux, was first introduced in 1954, whilst farms in Italy, Germany and Denmark have also long benefited from national support for the development of tourist facilities (Frater, 1983; Nilsson, 2002).