Agri Tourism in Other Regional Countries


Tourism and Culture are key drivers of sustainable growth. World Agro Tourism day held on the 16th of May. Most alternative tourism approaches based on rural economy thereby rural development. Therefor major of this industry around with rural destinations in the countrysides and getting benefits from all the human activities based on that. According to UNWTO's definition, ecotourism refers to forms of tourism which have the following characteristics:

1. All nature-based forms of tourism in which the main motivation of the tourists is the observation and appreciation of nature as well as the traditional cultures prevailing in natural areas.

2. It contains educational and interpretation features.

3. It is generally, but not exclusively organized by specialized tour operators for small groups. Service provider partners at the destinations tend to be small, locally owned businesses.

4. It minimizes negative impacts upon the natural and socio-cultural environment.

5. It supports the maintenance of natural areas which are used as ecotourism attractions by:

○ Generating economic benefits for host communities, organizations and authorities managing natural areas with conservation purposes;

○ Providing alternative employment and income opportunities for local communities;

○ Increasing awareness towards the conservation of natural and cultural assets, both among locals and tourists.

Many regional countries have adopted agro-tourism as a strategy for rural development to achieve the well-being of the farming community in these countries. Taiwan and the Philippines are among the major agro-tourism destinations in the Asian region. In these countries, agro-tourism activities were developed in line with government policies.

Taiwan Lush, rugged Taiwan has numerous “leisure farms” that offer tours of farm fields and facilities and, of course, plenty of chances to sample the crops. A couple of things make Taiwan an ideal spot for an in-depth Agri tourism vacation. Most leisure farms in Taiwan are situated in attractive places. These farms consist of inclusive infrastructure facilities and provide visitors clean and comfortable accommodation facilities. Many smaller farms offer home-stay accommodations, as opposed to hotel-like rooms. Besides, the food served and sold is grown locally, so green-minded travelers can easily support sustainable agriculture and lower their carbon footprint while traveling. Tea-lovers can embark on a specialized agricultural tour by focusing on the island's tea plantations, where some of the world's most prized leaves are cultivated.

Tourism is shaping our world. Every day over three million tourists cross international borders creating millions of opportunities for understanding, social transformation, and development. The remarkable ability of travel and tourism to make genuine connections amongst people and mindsets is what makes our sector a true force for good.

Source: The British Ecotourism Market, United Nations World Tourism Organization 2002.

 āļŊෝāļš āļšෘ⎂ි ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āļ¯ිāļąāļē āļ¸ැāļēි 16 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļąāļ§ āļēෙāļ¯ී āļ­ිāļļේ. āļļො⎄ෝ ⎀ිāļšāļŊ්āļ´ āˇƒංāļ ාāļģāļš āļ´්‍āļģ⎀ේ⎁āļēāļą් āļœ්‍āļģාāļ¸ීāļē āļ†āļģ්āļŽිāļšāļē āļ¸āļ­ āļ´āļ¯āļąāļ¸්⎀ āļ‘āļē ⎀āļ§ා ⎀්‍āļēාāļ´්āļ­ āˇ€ු ⎃ිāļēāļŊු āļ¸ාāļąāˇ€ āļš්‍āļģිāļēා⎀āļŊිāļēāļą් ⎄āļ¸ු⎀ේ ⎃āļš්‍āļģීāļē āļŊෙ⎃ āļœොāļŠāļąැāļœී āļ‡āļ­.  UNWTO ⎄ි āļ…āļģ්āļŽ āļ¯ැāļš්⎀ීāļ¸āļ§ āļ…āļąු⎀, āļ´āļģි⎃āļģ ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āˇ€්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģāļē āļēāļą්āļąෙāļą් āļ…āļ¯āˇ„āˇƒ් āļšෙāļģෙāļą්āļąේ, āļ´āˇ„āļ­ āļŊāļš්⎂āļĢ āļ‡āļ­ි ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āļ†āļšාāļģ ⎀ේ:

1.⎃්⎀ාāļˇා⎀ිāļš āļ´්‍āļģāļ¯ේ⎁⎀āļŊ āļ´āˇ€āļ­ිāļą āˇƒංāļ ාāļģāļšāļēිāļą්āļœේ āļ´්‍āļģāļ°ාāļą āļ…āļˇිāļ´්‍āļģේāļģāļĢāļē ⎀āļą āˇƒ්⎀āļˇා⎀ āļ°āļģ්āļ¸āļē āļ´āļ¯āļąāļ¸් āļšāļģāļœāļ­් ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āļš්‍āļģāļ¸ āˇƒොāļļාāļ¯āˇ„āļ¸ āļ¸ෙāļą්āļ¸ āˇƒාāļ¸්āļ´්‍āļģāļ¯ාāļēිāļš āˇƒං⎃්āļšෘāļ­ීāļą් āļąිāļģීāļš්⎂āļĢāļē āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āˇ„ා āļ…āļœāļē āļšිāļģීāļ¸.

2. āļ‘⎄ි āļ…āļ°්‍āļēාāļ´āļąිāļš āˇ„ා āļ…āļģ්āļŽ āļąිāļģූāļ´āļĢ āļ…ංāļœ āļ…āļŠංāļœු ⎀ේ.

3. āļ‘āļē ⎃ාāļ¸ාāļą්‍āļēāļēෙāļą්, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් ⎀ි⎁ේ⎂ිāļ­ āˇƒංāļ ාāļģāļš āļš්‍āļģිāļēාāļšāļģු⎀āļą් ⎀ි⎃ිāļą් āļ´āļ¸āļĢāļš් ⎃ං⎀ිāļ°ාāļąāļē āļšāļģ āļąොāļ¸ැāļ­ āļšුāļŠා āļšāļĢ්āļŠාāļēāļ¸්.  āļœāļ¸āļąාāļą්āļ­āˇ€āļŊ ⎃ේ⎀ා ⎃āļ´āļēāļą්āļąāļą්āļœේ ⎄⎀ුāļŊ්āļšāļģු⎀āļą් āļšුāļŠා ⎀ේ, āļ¯ේ⎁ීāļē ⎀්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģ ⎄āļ¸ු⎀ේ.

4. āļ‘āļē ⎃්⎀ාāļˇා⎀ිāļš āˇ„ා ⎃āļ¸ාāļĸ-⎃ං⎃්āļšෘāļ­ිāļš āļ´āļģි⎃āļģāļēāļ§ āļ…⎄ිāļ­āļšāļģ āļļāļŊāļ´ෑāļ¸් āļ…⎀āļ¸ āļšāļģāļēි.

5. āļ´āļģි⎃āļģ ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āˇ€්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģāļē āļŊෙ⎃ āļˇා⎀ිāļ­ා āļšāļģāļą āˇƒ්⎀ාāļˇා⎀ිāļš āļ´්‍āļģāļ¯ේ⎁ āļąāļŠāļ­්āļ­ු āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ‘āļē āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē ⎀ේ ⎃āļ­්āļšාāļģāļš āļ´්‍āļģāļĸා⎀āļą්, ⎃ං⎀ිāļ°ාāļą āˇƒāˇ„ ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āļ†āļģ්āļŽිāļš āļ´්‍āļģāļ­ිāļŊාāļˇ āļ‹āļ­්āļ´ාāļ¯āļąāļē āļšිāļģීāļ¸.

āļ†āļšāļģ්⎂āļĢāļēāļą්,

• ⎃ංāļģāļš්⎂āļĢ āļ…āļģāļ¸ුāļĢු āˇƒāˇ„ිāļ­ āˇƒ්⎀ාāļˇා⎀ිāļš āļ´්‍āļģāļ¯ේ⎁ āļšāˇ…āļ¸āļąාāļšāļģāļĢāļē āļšāļģāļą āļļāļŊāļ°ාāļģීāļą්;

 • āļ¯ේ⎁ීāļē āļģැāļšිāļēා ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා ⎀ිāļšāļŊ්āļ´ āļģැāļšිāļēා āˇƒāˇ„ āļ†āļ¯ාāļēāļ¸් āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽා āļŊāļļා āļ¯ීāļ¸

• ⎃්⎀ාāļˇා⎀ිāļš āˇ„ා ⎃ං⎃්āļšෘāļ­ිāļš āˇƒංāļģāļš්⎂āļĢāļē āļ´ි⎅ිāļļāļŗ āļ¯ැāļąු⎀āļ­්āļˇා⎀āļē ⎀ැāļŠි āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļģāļ§āˇ€āļŊ āļœො⎀ි āļ´්‍āļģāļĸා⎀ේ āļē⎄āļ´ැ⎀ැāļ­්āļ¸ āˇƒාāļš්⎂ාāļ­් āļšāļģ āļœැāļąීāļ¸ āˇƒāˇ„  āļœ්‍āļģාāļ¸ීāļē ⎃ං⎀āļģ්āļ°āļąāļē ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āļ‹āļ´ාāļē āļ¸ාāļģ්āļœāļēāļš් āļŊෙ⎃ āļļො⎄ෝ āļšāļŊාāļ´ීāļē āļģāļ§āˇ€āļŊ් āļšෘ⎂ි ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āˇ€්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģāļē āļ…āļąුāļœāļ¸āļąāļē āļšāļģ āļ‡āļ­. āļ­ාāļēි⎀ාāļąāļē āˇƒāˇ„ āļ´ිāļŊිāļ´ීāļąāļē āļ†āˇƒිāļēාāļąු āļšāļŊාāļ´āļēේ āļ´්‍āļģāļ°ාāļą āļšෘ⎂ි ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āļœāļ¸āļąාāļą්āļ­ āļ…āļ­āļģ ⎀ේ.  āļ¸ේ⎀ාāļēේ āļšෘ⎂ි ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āļšāļ§āļēුāļ­ු āļģāļĸāļēේ āļ´්‍āļģāļ­ිāļ´āļ­්āļ­ි⎀āļŊāļ§ āļ…āļąුāļšූāļŊ⎀ ⎃ං⎀āļģ්āļ°āļąāļē āļšāļģāļą āļŊāļ¯ී.

āļ­ාāļēි⎀ාāļąāļē ⎃⎁්‍āļģීāļš, āļģ⎅ු āļ­ාāļēි⎀ාāļąāļēේ āļœො⎀ිāļ´āļŊ⎀āļŊ්⎀āļŊ ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļē āļšāļģāļą “⎀ි⎀ේāļš āļœො⎀ිāļ´āļŊ⎀āļŊ්” āļģා⎁ිāļēāļš් āļ‡āļ­. āļ´āˇ„āˇƒුāļšāļ¸් āˇƒāˇ„, āļ‡āļ­්āļ­ āˇ€āˇāļēෙāļą්āļ¸, āļļෝāļœ āļąිāļēැāļ¯ි āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ•āļąෑ āļ­āļģāļ¸් āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽා⎀āļą් āļ­ිāļļේ. āļœැāļšුāļģු āļšෘ⎂ි ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āļąි⎀ාāļŠු⎀āļš් ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āļ­ාāļēි⎀ාāļąāļē āļšāļ¯ිāļ¸ āˇƒ්āļŽාāļąāļēāļšි.  āļ­ාāļēි⎀ාāļąāļēේ āļļො⎄ෝ ⎀ි⎀ේāļš āļœො⎀ිāļ´āļŊ⎀āļŊ් āļ†āļšāļģ්⎁āļąීāļē  āˇƒ්āļŽාāļą āˇ€āļŊ āļ´ි⎄ිāļ§ා āļ‡āļ­āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļœො⎀ිāļ´āļŊ⎀āļŊ් āļ‡āļ­ු⎅āļ­් āļēāļ§ිāļ­āļŊ āļ´āˇ„āˇƒුāļšāļ¸් ⎀āļŊිāļą් ⎃āļ¸āļą්⎀ිāļ­ āˇ€ේ. āļąāļģāļšāļą්āļąāļą්āļ§ āļ´ිāļģි⎃ිāļ¯ු ⎄ා ⎃ු⎀āļ´āˇ„āˇƒු āļąāˇ€ාāļ­ැāļą් āļ´āˇ„āˇƒුāļšāļ¸් āļŊāļļා āļ¯ීāļ¸.  āˇ„ෝāļ§āļŊ් ⎀ැāļąි āļšාāļ¸āļģ⎀āļŊāļ§ āˇ€āļŠා āļļො⎄ෝ āļšුāļŠා āļœො⎀ිāļ´āļŊ⎀āļŊ් āļąිāˇ€āˇƒේ āļąāˇ€ාāļ­ැāļą් āļ´āˇ„āˇƒුāļšāļ¸් ⎃āļ´āļēāļēි.  āļŠāļ§ āļ…āļ¸āļ­āļģ⎀ ⎃ේ⎀āļē āļšāļģāļą āˇƒāˇ„ ⎀ිāļšුāļĢāļą āļ†āˇ„ාāļģ āļ¯ේ⎁ීāļē ⎀ ⎀āļœා āļšāļģāļą āļļැ⎀ිāļą් ⎄āļģිāļ­ āļ¸āļąāˇƒāļš් āļ‡āļ­ි ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļšāļēිāļą්āļ§ āļ´āˇ„āˇƒු⎀ෙāļą් āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē ⎀ිāļē ⎄ැāļšිāļē. āļ¯ි⎀āļēිāļąේ āļ­ේ ⎀āļœා⎀āļą් āļšෙāļģෙ⎄ි āļ…⎀āļ°ාāļąāļē āļēොāļ¸ු āļšāļģāļ¸ිāļą් ⎀ි⎁ේ⎂ිāļ­ āļšෘ⎂ිāļšාāļģ්āļ¸ිāļš āˇƒංāļ ාāļģāļēāļš් āļ†āļģāļ¸්āļˇ āļšāļģāļą්āļą, āļŊෝāļšāļēේ ⎀āļŠාāļ­්āļ¸ āˇ€āļ§ිāļąා āļšො⎅ ⎀āļœා āļšāļģāļąු āļŊැāļļේ. āļ‰āļ¯ිāļą් āļ­ාāļēි⎀ාāļąāļē āļ´ි⎅ිāļļāļŗ āļ”āļļāļ­් āļąොāļēි⎃ිāļŊි⎀āļą්āļ­ āļąāļ¸් ⎀ි⎀ේāļšāļēāļš් āļŊāļ¯ āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽා⎀ āļš āļąāļģāļšāļą්āļąāļ§ āˇƒāˇ„ āļ”⎀ුāļą්āļœේ ⎀ි⁣⎀ේāļšී āļœො⎀ිāļ´āļŊāļš āļ¸ො⎄ොāļ­āļš් āļœāļ­ āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ…āļ¸āļ­āļš āļąොāļšāļģāļą්āļą. ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āˇ€්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģāļē āļ…āļ´ේ āļŊෝāļšāļē ⎄ැāļŠāļœāˇƒ්⎀āļēි.  āˇƒෑāļ¸ āļ¯ිāļąāļšāļ¸ āļ¸ිāļŊිāļēāļą āļ­ුāļąāļšāļ§ āļ…āļ°ිāļš āˇƒංāļ ාāļģāļšāļēිāļą් āļĸාāļ­්‍āļēāļą්āļ­āļģāļē ⎄āļģ⎄ා āļœāļ¸āļą් āļšāļģāļēි. āļ…⎀āļļෝāļ°āļē, ⎃āļ¸ාāļĸ āļ´āļģි⎀āļģ්āļ­āļąāļē, āˇƒāˇ„ ⎀āļģ්āļ°āļąāļē ⎀āļą āˇƒāļ¸ාāļĸීāļē ⎃āļ¸්āļļāļą්āļ°āļ­ා āļ‡āļ­ි āļšāļģ āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļ§ āˇƒංāļ ාāļģāļš āˇ„ා ⎃ංāļ ාāļģāļš āˇ€්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģāļēේ ⎀ි⎁ි⎂්āļ§ āˇ„ැāļšිāļēා⎀ āļ¸ිāļąි⎃ුāļą් āˇƒāˇ„ āļ¸āļąෝāļˇා⎀āļēāļą් āļ…āļ­āļģ āļ…āļ´āļœේ āļ…ං⎁āļē āļē⎄āļ´āļ­ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා ⎃ැāļļෑ āļļāļŊ⎀ේāļœāļēāļš් āļļ⎀āļ§ āļ´āļ­් āļšāļģāļēි.

āŽšுāŽą்āŽąுāŽ˛ா āŽŽāŽą்āŽąுāŽŽ் āŽ•āŽ˛ாāŽš்āŽšாāŽ°āŽŽ் āŽ¨ிāŽ˛ைāŽ¯ாāŽŠ āŽĩāŽŗāŽ°்āŽš்āŽšிāŽ¯ிāŽŠ் āŽŽுāŽ•்āŽ•ிāŽ¯ āŽ‡āŽ¯āŽ•்āŽ•ிāŽ•āŽŗ். āŽ‰āŽ˛āŽ• āŽĩேāŽŗாāŽŖ் āŽšுāŽą்āŽąுāŽ˛ா āŽ¨ாāŽŗ் āŽŽே 16 āŽ…āŽŠ்āŽąு āŽ¨āŽŸைāŽĒெāŽą்āŽąāŽ¤ு.  āŽĒெāŽ°ுāŽŽ்āŽĒாāŽ˛ாāŽŠ āŽŽாāŽą்āŽąு āŽšுāŽą்āŽąுāŽ˛ா āŽ…āŽŖுāŽ•ுāŽŽுāŽąைāŽ•āŽŗ்āŽ•ிāŽ°ாāŽŽāŽĒ்āŽĒுāŽą āŽĒொāŽ°ுāŽŗாāŽ¤ாāŽ°āŽ¤்āŽ¤ிāŽŠ் āŽ…āŽŸிāŽĒ்āŽĒāŽŸைāŽ¯ிāŽ˛் āŽ•ிāŽ°ாāŽŽāŽĒ்āŽĒுāŽą āŽĩāŽŗāŽ°்āŽš்āŽšி.  āŽŽāŽŠāŽĩே āŽ‡āŽ¨்āŽ¤āŽ¤் āŽ¤ொāŽ´ிāŽ˛ிāŽ˛் āŽŽுāŽ•்āŽ•ிāŽ¯āŽŽாāŽŠāŽ¤ு āŽ•ிāŽ°ாāŽŽāŽĒ்āŽĒுāŽąāŽ™்āŽ•āŽŗிāŽ˛் āŽ•ிāŽ°ாāŽŽāŽĒ்āŽĒுāŽą āŽ‡āŽŸāŽ™்āŽ•āŽŗுāŽŸāŽŠுāŽŽ், āŽŽāŽ˛்āŽ˛ாāŽĩāŽą்āŽąிāŽ˛ிāŽ°ுāŽ¨்āŽ¤ுāŽŽ் āŽ¨āŽŠ்āŽŽைāŽ•āŽŗைāŽĒ் āŽĒெāŽąுāŽ•ிāŽąāŽ¤ு āŽ…āŽ¤āŽŠ் āŽ…āŽŸிāŽĒ்āŽĒāŽŸைāŽ¯ிāŽ˛் āŽŽāŽŠிāŽ¤ āŽ¨āŽŸāŽĩāŽŸிāŽ•்āŽ•ைāŽ•āŽŗ்

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