Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Agritourism Farm Stays and Their Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Poland

The article presents reasons for the choices and opinions of tourists regarding rest and its safety in agritourism farms in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. We used the diagnostic survey method. We distributed the questionnaire via the Internet on Facebook in thematic groups related to t...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-03, Vol.14 (6), p.3526
Main Authors: Zawadka, Jan, Jęczmyk, Anna, Wojcieszak-Zbierska, Monika Małgorzata, Niedbała, Gniewko, Uglis, Jarosław, Pietrzak-Zawadka, Joanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agritourism
America
Attraction
Behavior
Behavioral economics
Competitiveness
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Economic factors
Epidemics
Farms
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health aspects
Health risks
Holidays & special occasions
Pandemics
Poland
Polls & surveys
Questionnaires
Restrictions
Safety and security measures
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social factors
Social networks
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Surveys
Tourism
Tourists
Travel industry
United Kingdom
United States
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Summary:The article presents reasons for the choices and opinions of tourists regarding rest and its safety in agritourism farms in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. We used the diagnostic survey method. We distributed the questionnaire via the Internet on Facebook in thematic groups related to tourism. Facebook respondents were also asked to provide a link to the questionnaire to their tourism-active friends (snowball sampling). We conducted the survey in January 2021. Research has shown that well-educated and well-off residents of cities most often chose agritourism. The main reason for the choice is the possibility of rest in peace and quiet, natural values, and an attractive price. Notably, during the pandemic, an important reason for choosing agritourism was to convince tourists that the risk of coronavirus infection was relatively low. This is also evidenced by the fact that most of them visited an agritourism farm for the first time during the pandemic. The attractiveness of staying on an agritourism farm was assessed highly (almost all respondents expressed their willingness to take advantage of this form of leisure again). This is due to the high evaluation of the quality of services provided, the offer’s attractiveness, and price competitiveness.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14063526