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You may browse from an array of related websites and resources from the list below. Each link opens in a new window. Links were gathered from each project partner's country, where "Resources" covers a broader geographical region and specialized themes (like academic, international, tools and articles etc). You may suggest a link or provide other resources here: orestis (α) tringides.com (please replace "(α)" with @) and also to report any wrong or broken links. Thank you!
Bulgaria
www.aksakovo.info - Village Gen Kantardgievo
www.zanaiati.com - Union of the Handicraftsmen
Cyprus
www.whycyprus.com/agrotourism.asp - A simple outline of Agrotourism in Cyprus. Could be used as a “template” of local companies that need an attractive text to communicate with potential visitors.
www.cyprusagrotourism.com - A portal - a simple listing of Agrotourism providers. In English.
www.agrotourism.com.cy – Cyprus Agrotourism Company - this is a simple and good website. Content is very clearly presentable. Useful information and tools for agrotourism in Cyprus. Excellent Showcase. In English.
www.cyprusvillages.com.cy - Cyprus Villages – Tochni
www.ari.gov.cy - Agricultural Research Institute
www.moa.gov.cy/da - Department of Agriculture - Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
www.panagrotikos.org.cy - PANAGROTIKOS Farmers Association
www.kakop-gal.coop.com.cy - Co Op Bank of Kakopetria
www.cyprushotelsguide.net/agrotourism_tochni_villages.shtml - Agrotourism in Tochni Region. Tochni Villages. Agrotourism in Cyprus
www.sidsnet.org/eco-tourism/agro.html - Agrotourism Programme Cyprus
www.cyprusfoodndrinks.com - The portal of the Cyprus Food & Drinks Industry
Cyprus Agrotourism Videos - Videos of Villages and enterprises of Cyprus related to agrotourism. Some videos are produce of the AgroTourNet project (hosted at www.cyprus-tube.com)
France
https://ssl5.ovh.net/~francepa/indexeng.php3?prov= - "FRANCE PASSION" Network
This is network of 1100 farmers who welcome camping car owners.
www.bienvenue-a-la-ferme.com - "Bienvenue ΰ la ferme" National Network– the larger network of farmers developing tourism services (5600 farmers)
www.accueil-paysan.com - "Accueil paysan" National and International Network (500 farmers) - focusing attention of farm activities, e.g. offering visitors to participate in farm works
See:
www.formeenferme.com - "Forme en ferme" Network (20 farmers)
A very recent network focusing attention on health issues (organic food, slow food) and open-air activities.
www.haute-marne.chambagri.fr - Chambre d'Agriculture de Haute-Marne.
www.agrivacances.com - A regional network in a very touristy area (50 farmers). Farmers on a very touristy region offer a common portal to their own web sites.
www.acta-informatique.fr/?d=6726 - AGRIMMEDIA>07/03/2007
www.vitisphere.com - Vigne, vin, web
www.Tic-Agri.com
www.blog-agri.com/ticagri
www.labineepaysanne.com
www.pleinchamp.com
www.ohlegumesoublies.com
www.alimenthus.com
www.vinimarket.com
www.frgeda-paca.org
Greece
www.agrotourism.gr - comprehensive, but only in Greek language and information indented only for the Greek public. Currently under re-construction.
www.agrotour.gr
www.in.gr/agro
www.argostoli.gr - Municipality of Argostoli
www.robola.gr - Agroindustrial Cooperative of ROBOLA Producers of Kefalonia
www.kritonou.gr - Kritonou- World Cultural Center
www.vamossa.gr - Traditional village of Vamos, Crete.
http://bioagro.aua.gr - Organic Agriculture
Lithuania
www.zur.lt - Countryside Tourism Association of Lithuania
www.grutoparkas.lt - Grūtas Park – see also wikipedia articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C5%ABtas_Park (in English), http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C5%ABto_parkas (in Lithuanian), http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Gr%C5%ABtas (in French).
www.countryside.lt - Countryside Vacation in Lithuania - Information about agrotourism in Lithuania. List of farmsteads, rural crafts and places of interest.
www.pilys.lt - Lithuanian Manors and Castles - Travel information on Lithuanian Manors, Castles and Palaces as well as cultural tourism with photos and links.
www.musupaveldas.lt - Mūsų paveldas - Site contains descriptions and photos of protected buildings of Lithuania, includind castles, churches, palaces, information about valuable natural objects.
Netherlands
www.hullie.nl - Hullie Speelboerderij – Hullie game farm.
www.barendonk.nl - Landgoed De Barendonk – Estate De Barendonk.
www.aandelinge.nl - Aan de Linge recreatie – Aan de Linge recreation.
www.kaasboerderijweenink.nl - Kaasboerderij Weenink – Cheesefarm Weenink.
See also wikipedia articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_golf (in English) and http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerengolf (in Dutch).
www.zlto.nl - ZLTO (farmer association for the south of The Netherlands)
www.lltb.nl - LLTB (farmer association for the province of Limburg
www.telos.nl - Telos, the Brabant Centre for Sustainable Development
www.vvhp.nl - Friends of the rural area (foundation of entrepreneurs and citizens)
www.vekabo.nl - VeKabo; foundation of natural recreation
www.varkensinzicht.nl - Foundation of pig farmers (educationfarms)
www.annahoeve.com - Excursionfarm
www.eco-touristfarm.com - Eco-touristfarm
www.beukentuin.nl - Beukentuin - Organic and educational farm
www.graancirkeloploo.nl - Graancirkel Oploo - Circle of grain
www.brabant.nl - Provincie Noord-Brabant - The Province of Noord-Brabant
Wales
Rural tourism in Wales
http://istresults.cordis.europa.eu/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/BrowsingType/Features/ID/61398/highlights/BEASTS
www.iqmwales.co.uk
www.twigs.ie/ParticipantBenefits
www.ecodyfi.org.uk/tga.htm
www.irs.aber.ac.uk/profile/ray.shtml
www.walesontheweb.org/cayw/index/en/338/4791
General tourism sites
www.visitwales.co.uk
www.tourismalliance.org.uk/who.html
www.farmbreaks.org.uk/wales-tourism.cfm
www.farmstaywales.co.uk/whyChooseFarmStay.asp?saction=organisation
Individual, local, sub regional initiatives
www.clynefarm.com
www.welshholidaycottages.com
www.cottages-wales.com
www.britainexpress.com/great_british_sites/wales-dyfed.htm
www.gonorthwales.co.uk
www.carmarthenshirefarms.com
www.organigparc.co.uk/eco-holiday-wales.aspx
Resources
Academic
www.theinternationalcentreforresponsibletourism.org - The International Centre for Responsible Tourism is a post-graduate training and research centre based at the Leeds Metropolitan University.
www.irs.aber.ac.uk - The Institute of Rural Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
www.abdn.ac.uk/arkleton - The Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research - University of Aberdeen
Agro(tourism) ICT
www.bitcomp.fi/fi/index.php?lang=en - Finnish editor of agricultural software. As per website: “We specialize in software development for agriculture and forestry. Our business also has a great deal of specialized skill in the areas of GIS applications and development of applications for mobile communications devices.”
Agrotourism-related Projects
www.vmart.org - an EU / IST funded programme. It states “Our mission is to serve the Rural Tourism Micro Enterprise sector in Europe by forming a critical mass for promotion, sales, statistics, knowledge and for useful IT development tools. If you're in the business, or just interested in rural tourism development, then this is your forum!”. Very Good with some “quality” and “feasibility” tools, as well as links.
viagrotour.planewalk.net - This project was referred as a “Success Story” by an LdV official publication. Useful products to download, including Educational Materials etc.
www.ruraltourisminternational.org - “Hospitality in AgroTourism - Towards Quality Rural Tourism Training in Europe”. Another LdV project, but no complete results are online.
Articles and Publications
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3683742.stm - “Why rural tourism is no picnic” and related articles. Good critical article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agritourism (in English), http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourisme_rural (in French) and http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plattelandstoerisme (in Dutch) - wikipedia entries for Agrotourism (or “agritourism”, “rural tourism” etc). In the "external links" an AgroTourNet website link was added. Anyone can easily register and edit wikipedia contents.
European
www.eurogites.com - short profiles and contacts for agrotourism for each of EU member states (and then some). www.agritourismeurope.com - Another agrotourism portal. A showcase including online booking, search facilities, members’ network etc. http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/index_en.htm - Leader+ is one of four initiatives financed by EU structural funds and is designed to help rural actors consider the long-term potential of their local region. Among other publications and resources, tt includes “Leader+ interactive” where it provides a variety of information tools to help users with more detailed requests for contacts and project information. “Good Practices database search” ( http://intranet.leaderplus.org/cpdb/public/gpdb/GpdbSearchFS.aspx?language=en), a very good Resource repository ( http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/library/leadercap/methodology_en.htm Find in here articles in many different languages: “The Family, a Niche for Rural Tourism”, “Evaluating a territory’s touristic potential”, “Marketing Quality Rural Tourism” and much more about rural tourism, rural development, best practices etc.), “European Database of Approved Transnational Cooperation Projects” ( http://leaderplus.cec.eu.int/cpdb/public/project/CopDbSearch.aspx). http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/index_en.htm - Agriculture and Rural Development, http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rurdev/index_en.htm - Rural Development policy 2007-2013 http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/projects/qlrt_1999_30407_en.htm - EU-AgriNet, EU funded agricultural portal. It features a project “OPTOUR - Opportunities for and barriers to tourism-led integrated rural development in rural regions of selected Member States”. http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary/R/rural_tourism - See the “related pages” on the right side for reports and other related resources. http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eval/reports/leader2/7.pdf - a LEADER II report, not only about rural / agrotourism. www.europeanrtcongress.org - 3rd European Congress on Rural Tourism - "Challenges and Strategies for Rural Tourism" - Date: September 27/28, 2007 - Place: Eger – Hungary. www.ueapme.com - UEAPME: European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. www.cedefop.europa.eu - CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training www.eea.europa.eu - EEA- European Environment Agency www.eurada.org - EURADA , the Association of Regional Development Agencies is a non profit-making organisation aiming to promote regional economic development through dialogue with the European Commission services, interchange of good practice among members, transnational co-operation among members, regional development agencies as a concept. www.eceat.nl - ECEAT - European Centre for Eco Agro Tourism
International
www.agritourismworld.com - “World-Wide directory for Agrotourism”. More USA-oriented. Includes “free listing”. www.wttc.org - World Travel & Tourism Council: “WTTC aims to inspire a vision of Travel & Tourism as an industry whose net benefits improve life for people everywhere, whether in major cities or remote rural areas”. www.unwto.org/frameset/frame_sustainable.html - The World Tourism Organization (www.world-tourism.org), Sustainable Development of Tourism. www.unwto.org/code_ethics/eng.html - The World Tourism Organization (www.world-tourism.org), “Ethics in Tourism”. www.unwto.org/step - ST-EP Programme (Sustainable Tourism – Eliminating Poverty). “ST-EP will promote socially, economically and ecologically sustainable tourism, aimed at alleviating poverty and bringing jobs to people in developing countries...these objectives are fully consistent with the goals set out in the Millennium Declaration”.
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