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Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research II

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This Chapter explains and describes the terms ‘agritourism’ and ‘rural tourism’ in an international context while emphasizing the particularities they demonstrate in Poland. It also points out to the fact that rural tourism and agritourism can be either antagonistic or complementary; this entails certain consequences for both the tourists and the residents. Next, it identifies the opportunities for the local community to participate in the development of agritourism and in benefits derived from it, and shows the importance of tourism itself as a phenomenon which affects rural areas, including the residents’ quality of life. Some examples of thematic villages were used to scrutinize social participation of residents. Also, an attempt was made to determine the impact the functioning of these villages has on the quality of life of the local community.

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    As defined by the Central Statistical Office in Poland, a guest room is a kind of tourist accommodation which comprises furnished rooms and facilities (except for agritourism facilities) located in dwellings, houses and other residential buildings owned by natural or legal persons (other than farmers), and rented to tourists for overnight stays in return for a fee.

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Kosmaczewska, J. (2023). Agri-Tourism and Quality of Life of Residents. In: Uysal, M., Sirgy, M.J. (eds) Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research II. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31513-8_25

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