What is Agro Tourism? And explain?
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Agro tourism is the form of tourism which capitalizes on rural culture as a tourist attraction. It is similar to ecotourism except that its more to cultural landscape instead of natural landscape.If the attractions on offer to tourists contribute to improving the income of the regional population, agro tourism can promote regional development. To ensure that it also helps to conserve diversity, the rural population itself must have recognized agro biodiversity as valuable and worthy of protection .The agro-ecotourism is synonymous with agro tourism.
Malaysia began its post-Independence economy with an agrarian base, which is prepared to develop agricultural and commodities-based tourism, the hottest niche in eco-tourism today. Recognizing that agro-tourism holds a fascination for both Malaysians and visitors alike, organizers of excursions these days include tours to rubber and oil palm estates, as well as fish farms, flower nurseries and fruit orchards. Fruit orchards have proven especially popular with visitors, not least because they get to enjoy the delicious exotic fruits they are there to learn about how to picking the fruits.
Visits are structured around a tour offering insight into the cultivation, care, processing and manufacturing of these commodities for sale or export. The industry includes crops such as maize, cocoa, rubber, rice, oil palm and a variety of other products from which many Malaysians still earn a living. Many locals and some adventurous visitors invariably seek out orchards dedicated to the famous and sometimes detested king of all fruits, the durian..
A number of these destinations have stay-over facilities with a wide range of non-agricultural activities to enjoy as well, including fishing, kayaking and nature walks. In many cases, full room and board packages are available, meaning that guests get to indulge in local home-cooking as well. Agro-tourism has a number of attractions, both to the visitor and the host. While it provides for interesting visits and discovery, it also serve as research and development hubs for the perpetuation and improvement of the agricultural industry in the country.