Do Rural Policies Impact on Tourism Development in Italy? A Case Study of Agritourism

Vincenzo Giaccio, Luigi Mastronardi, Davide Marino, Agostino Giannelli and Alfonso Scardera
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Vincenzo Giaccio: Department of Economics, University of Molise, Via De Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
Luigi Mastronardi: Department of Economics, University of Molise, Via De Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
Davide Marino: Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, C.da Fonte Lappone 8, 86090 Pesche (IS), Italy
Agostino Giannelli: Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, C.da Fonte Lappone 8, 86090 Pesche (IS), Italy
Alfonso Scardera: Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Gianbattista Vico, 4, 86100 Campobasso, Italy

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: This paper investigates how and to what extent European and national policies have financed Italian agritourism. It analyses financial support derived from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (First and Second Pillar) and national and local subsidies. For this purpose, the authors have proposed a comparative analysis between Italian agritourism and farms without tourism activities, by stressing the distribution of public financial supports concerning the 2007–2013 programming period of the European Union (EU) for Rural Development. The empirical analysis is based on the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) dataset. The data were stratified by altimetry zone and farm size. Descriptive statistics and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for each group were used. The main results show how the Second Pillar has mainly supported small and medium-sized farms with tourism activities and located in disadvantaged areas. This study could be useful to policymakers regarding the evaluation of the mission for diversification in agriculture, represented here by the carrying out of tourist activities on farms and the contribution for the retention of small-scale farms in marginal areas.

Keywords: diversification; CAP; RDP; subsidies; FADN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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