The Diversification of Sicilian Farms: A Way to Sustainable Rural Development

Martina Aronica, Maria Francesca Cracolici, Debora Insolda, Davide Piacentino and Salvatore Tosi
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Martina Aronica: Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Maria Francesca Cracolici: Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Salvatore Tosi: ISMed—National Research Council, GAL Metropoli Est, 90011 Bagheria, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: Rural areas still suffer from a lack of sustainable development, and the diversification of farms may be a step in the right direction. The paper provides a detailed picture of the diversification of Sicilian farms into tourism services. Specifically, we propose a simple indicator of localization intensity of agritourism farms and explore their spatial distribution at municipality level. Our study highlights that Sicilian farms rarely diversify into tourism services, despite being situated in attractive areas. That said, some significant spatial clusters of municipalities where agritourism farms are highly concentrated do emerge from the study.

Keywords: diversification; sustainability; agritourism farms; Sicilian rural areas; spatial clusters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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