Linking tourism and agriculture: innovative information technology solutions

This document explain about nations, regions and communities around the world have adopted economic development plans that revolve, to varying degrees, around the tourism industry. In addition to the direct income and employment benefits associated with this rapidly expanding industry there is the hope that tourist expenditure will trickle down to stimulate other sectors of the economy. Agriculture is often held up to be a sector that has much to gain from tourism development -with tourist- driven demand for a greater variety and higher quality of food encouraging farmers both to increase and diversify production. In many regions farms, and the rural lifestyle they sustain, become an integral part of the broader tourism product

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	94381 Milne, S., 91458 Mason, D., 58390 Collins, P., 1280 IICA, Port-of-Spain (Trinidad y Tobago), 18463 Tobago House of Assembly, Port-of-Spain (Trinidad y Tobago), 14616 Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Port-of-Spain (Trinidad y Tobago), 7882 FAO, Port-of-Spain (Trinidad y Tobago)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	West Indies (Trinidad y Tobago) 2000
Subjects:	CARIBE, TURISMO, AGRICULTURA, SECTOR AGRARIO, INDUSTRIA, ,
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