Opinion regarding Agri-tourism: Relationship between socio-personal characteristics and opinion
1 Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Guyana Berbice Campus, Tain, Guyana.
2 Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
3 Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus, Georgetown, Guyana.
Research Article
Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 08(01), 161–166
Article DOI: 10.30574/msarr.2023.8.1.0082
Publication history:
Received on 29 April 2023; revised on 17 June 2023; accepted on 19 June 2023
Abstract:
The present paper study the opinion of the respondents regarding agri-tourism and the relationship between their socio-personal characteristics and opinion. The study was conducted in Ludhiana district of Punjab state and 210 were selected for the study. The respondents selected were mainly teachers/principals, students and urban consumers. The findings revealed that majority of all the categories of respondents had high opinion of agri-tourism such as farm stays are the perfect ways to get closer to nature, agri-tourism is less costly than other tourism and agri-tourism creates curiosity to learn about food, plants, animals and rural lifestyle. Educational level of the teachers has positive and significant correlation with opinion of agri-tourism, while non-significant correlation observed between educational level and opinion of the urban consumers. Most of the teachers were having post graduate qualification, whereas the urban consumers were having only secondary education. Positive correlation between service experience of the teachers and opinion was notice and it was due to the fact that opinion may increase as service experience increase.
Keywords:
Agri-tourism; Opinion; Socio-personal characteristics; Urban consumers; Students; Teachers/principals
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