Rural tourism and its impact on rural development in Slovenia

Authors

  • Matej Bedra?, BSc Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana

Keywords:

Rural tourism, Tourist farms, Rural development

Abstract

The paper describes the role of rural tourism in a wider rural development policy concept. In the frst part is presented a brief historically overview and current state of development of tourist farms in Slovenia In the second part is presented SWOT analysis concerning rural tourism which is founded on an analysis of the 33 Local Development Strategies. The paper completes with an analysis of measures that contributes to the development of tourism on rural areas and which are implemented under 3rd and 4th axis of Rural Development Programme of Slovenia in the period 2007-2013.

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Published

2010-12-03

How to Cite

Bedrač, M. (2010). Rural tourism and its impact on rural development in Slovenia. Economics of Agriculture, 57(Spec.num.2), 243–250. Retrieved from https://ea.bg.ac.rs/index.php/EA/article/view/940