(Tiper Stock Exchange) – There are about 500 thousand holidaymakers who have chosen to spend August 15th 2023 in a farmhouse in the name of good food and relaxation in the open air. That’s what he values Coldiretti sBased on the indications of Terranostra Campagna Amica on the number of tourists who decide to spend the day in one of the 25,000 agritourism structures present throughout the country.
If zero-kilometer cuisine remains the most appreciated quality, to choose the agritourism is the push towards a more sustainable tourism which has led the structures to also increase the offer of activities with innovative services for sportsmen, nostalgics, the curious and environmentalists, as well as cultural activities such as visiting archaeological itineraries or naturalistic or wellness.
Despite the difficulties of recent years, the agritourism offer has even grown in the number of companies (+2%), exceeding 25,000 (25,060 authorized companies in 2021). Accommodation (with 20,492 companies, 82% of the total) and catering (12,455, 62% of the total) are confirmed as the two pillars of agritourism. But the tasting offered by 6,412 companies (32% of the total companies) even grew by 7.6%.