Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Agritourism Farm Stays and Their Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Poland
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2022-03-17Autor
Zawadka, Jan
Jęczmyk, Anna
Wojcieszak-Zbierska, Monika Małgorzata
Niedbała, Gniewko
Uglis, Jarosław
Piterzak-Zawadka, Joanna
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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.
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