Agritourism and sustainability: advancing the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Kumar Bhatta, Carla Barbieri, Birendra KC and Michal Roman
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of indicators to evaluate the role of agritourism in
attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inform future research efforts.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper comprehensively reviewed the literature to identify the
contributions of agritourism to sustainable development following the Triple Bottom Line approach and
then the SDGs to identify research gaps.
Findings – This paper developed a comprehensive inventory of 67 indicators to align agritourism
research to each SDG at the farmers, local communities and visitors’ levels. This paper found that some
of these indicators have been extensively (7; e.g. increase profits and business value), limitedly (38; e.g.
increase conservation of water bodies and resources) or never (22; e.g. adopt climate change mitigation
strategies) investigated in the context of agritourism, which can inform future research initiatives.
Practical implications – The inventory offers a conceptual roadmap to deepen the investigation and
inform outreach and policy initiatives on agritourism to enhance its alignment to SDGs. Specifically,
scholars should prioritize investigating the limited or none-studied indicators to have a more holistic
assessment of the contributions of agritourism to the SDGs.
Originality/value – The assessment inventory pioneers the foundations for investigating agritourism in
the context of SDGs.
Keywords Benefits, Farm tourism, Indicators, Inventory, Impact, Rural tourism, SDGs, Triple bottom line
Paper type Conceptual paper
農業旅遊與永續發展:推動永續發展目標 (SDGs)
摘要
目的: 我們提出了一套指標來評估農業旅遊在實現永續發展目標 (SDGs) 中的作用, 並為未來的研究工作
提供資訊。
設計/方法論/途徑: 我們全面回顧了文獻, 以確定農業旅遊對永續發展的貢獻, 遵循三重底線方法, 然後根
據永續發展目標確定研究差距。
研究結果: 我們制定了包含 67 項指標的綜合清單, 使農業旅遊研究與農民、當地社區和遊客層面的每項永
續發展目標保持一致。我們發現, 其中一些指標已經在農業旅遊背景下進行了廣泛(7;例如, 增加利潤和商
業價值)、有限 (38;例如, 加強水體和資源保護)或從未(22;例如, 採取氣候變遷緩解策略)
調查, 這可以為未來的研究舉措提供資訊。
原創性: 我們的評估清單開創了在永續發展目標背景下調查農業旅遊的基礎。
启示: 我們的清單提供了一個概念路線圖, 以深化調查並為農業旅遊的外展和政策舉措提供信息, 以加強
其與可持續發展目標的一致性。具體而言, 學者應優先研究有限或未研究的指標, 以更全面地評估農業旅
遊對永續發展目標的貢獻。
关键词 效益, 農場旅遊, 指標, 清單, 影響, 鄉村旅遊, 三重底線
文章类型 概念型论文
Agroturismo y sostenibilidad: avanzando hacia los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS)
Resumen
Prop osito: Proponemos un inventario de indicadores para evaluar el rol del agroturismo en la
consecuci on de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) para informar investigaciones futuras.
Kumar Bhatta and Carla
Barbieri are both based at
the Department of Parks,
Recreation and Tourism
Management, North
Carolina State University,
Raleigh, North Carolina,
USA.
Birendra KC is based at the
Department of Hospitality,
Event, and Tourism
Management, University of
North Texas, Denton,
Texas, USA.
Michal Roman is based at
the Department of Tourism,
Social Communication and
Consulting, Warsaw
University of Life Sciences,
Warsaw, Poland.
Received 7 October 2024
Revised 18 November 2024
14 January 2025
7 February 2025
Accepted 8 February 2025
DOI 10.1108/TR-10-2024-0900 © Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1660-5373
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