Agritourism throws lifeline to Italian farmers

Here's an interesting article I came across on my friend Luigi's blog Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog. A staggering 16,000 farms in Italy throw open their gates to tourists annually and this figure is expected to grow by 700 this year. Three million tourists, a quarter of whom are foreigners, are expected to stay on Italian farms this year. That means three-quarters are all locals!

I would be delighted to learn about the more innovative approaches to agritourism that might be happening in Ireland.