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Regional Dimensions of Agritourism: Exploring Spatial and Traveler Heterogeneity.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Regional Dimensions of Agritourism: Exploring Spatial and Traveler Heterogeneity./
Author:	Van Sandt, Anders.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	151 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-02(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International80-02A(E).
Subject:	Agricultural economics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10839518
ISBN:	9780438406186

Regional Dimensions of Agritourism: Exploring Spatial and Traveler Heterogeneity.
Van Sandt, Anders.

Regional Dimensions of Agritourism: Exploring Spatial and Traveler Heterogeneity. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 151 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-02(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Colorado State University, 2018.

This dissertation employs a three-pronged approach to explore how locational, firm, and traveler heterogeneity lead to different opportunities or barriers in the budding U.S. agritourism industry. While each chapter considers a different aspect of the agritourism industry using unique empirical methods of analyses and sources of data, each chapter utilizes spatial economic methods to analyze different aspects of agritourism in the U.S. The first chapter applies firm level data and a two-stage model to test the importance of three trade theories in identifying comparative advantages in agritourism. Findings from this first essay imply that while some comparative advantages may be due to the productive and technological efficiencies of an agricultural operation, locational characteristics such as natural endowments (including natural amenities, farm production type, and proximities to other tourism attractions and population centers) are the primary source of attraction for agritourists. This essay also finds strong evidence of economies of agglomeration within the agritourism industry, signaling the need for future research to explore the potential within- and between-industry benefits from developing agritourism clusters.

ISBN: 9780438406186Subjects--Topical Terms:

3172150
Agricultural economics.

Regional Dimensions of Agritourism: Exploring Spatial and Traveler Heterogeneity.
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