Trabajos

AGROTOURISM

DEFINITION

Agritourism means travel organized around farming, small-scale food production or animal husbandry. Visiting a working farm or ranch for the purpose of enjoyment andeducation are key parts of this often rural experience. Farmer's markets, wine tourism, cider houses and corn mazes all constitute examples of agritourism. Travelers who participate in this type ofvacation frequently desire to see how food is grown and prepared or to learn how animals are raised.

RECREATION

Weddings & honeymoons
Many farmers and ranchers are supplementing their income byoffering wedding and event venues. Rehearsal dinners, barbeques and other activities can combine with the wedding ceremony. If there is an inn or bed and breakfast on the premises, newlywed couples canmake a rural experience a part of their honeymoon travel.

Hayrides
A ride in a wagon, flatbed trailer or truck piled high with loose straw or bales of hay. A traditional autumn harvest time activityin North America.

Horseback riding
Includes rodeos, horse farms and trail riding, the latter often directed by professional guides or outfitters.

▪ Hungarian Equestrian Tourism Association  -Countryside tourism in Hungary, as viewed from the back of a horse.
▪ British Horse Society [18] - Charity in the United Kingdom with a large number of resources for equine tourism around the globe.▪ Equestrian Herirtage
Takekoma Inari Shrine and Horsemanship Museum  - in Iwanuma in the Miyagi Prefecture of Japan. One of Japan's three major Inari shrines, featuring a monument inscribed withMatsuo Basho poems.




Corn mazes
A labyrinth or hedgerow made out of a corn/maize field, or some other kind of tall growing grain. There are two main methods for creating a corn maze: growingit from the ground up using special seeding techniques plotted out from a GPS-linked grid map, or to cut the maze pattern through a regular field of corn.

▪ Maize Maze Association of United...