Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the public aid role in to multifunctional farms in developing the rural tourism, and the implementation in non-agricultural activities in the Puglia region. Concretely, by referring to the Rural Development Program 2007/2013, this paper offers an analysis to verify whether there is a solid support for public aid in agrotourism using a farm level data. After a policies and literature review on the role of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) for enhancing economic and sustainable competitiveness of rural areas, we present our case study. Statistical analysis and a tree classification method are carried out.

Highlights

  • The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development is an EU source of finance

  • It is understood by tourism in rural areas which carry out urban residents owners of second homes in rural areas, which occupy the weekend or older, or lapses rent them to tourists as well as tourism to spend the night in implantations type Resort, Hotel or Motel in rural area (Aggelopoulos et al 2006)

  • This paper has empirically analysed the relationship between the successful positive influences for farms and the diversifying its activities with respect to the tourism

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Introduction

The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development is an EU source of finance. it is being used by Member States to archive a variety of EU rural development policy goals such as: improving the competitiveness of farms, forest and agri-food businesses; helping protect the natural environment; supporting rural economies and quality of life in rural-areas.Tourism is an activity encompassing economy, society and nature (Schaerer, Dirven 2001). The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development is an EU source of finance. It is being used by Member States to archive a variety of EU rural development policy goals such as: improving the competitiveness of farms, forest and agri-food businesses; helping protect the natural environment; supporting rural economies and quality of life in rural-areas. Tourism is an activity encompassing economy, society and nature (Schaerer, Dirven 2001). Within this context, alternative tourism offers quality products and services, puts emphasis on the local character and provides “authentic” experiences and personal contact between the tourist and the supplier of the service (Psaltopoulos, Efstratoglou 2000). It is understood by tourism in rural areas which carry out urban residents owners of second homes in rural areas, which occupy the weekend or older, or lapses rent them to tourists as well as tourism to spend the night in implantations type Resort, Hotel or Motel in rural area (Aggelopoulos et al 2006)

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