Limiting factors in the field of business activities in rural tourism

• Published in: Agricultural economics (Praha) Vol. 53; no. 9; pp. 421 - 431
• Main Author: Ryglova, K.,Mendelova Zemedelska a Lesnicka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prague Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) 01.01.2007; Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Subjects: Agribusiness; Agricultural economics; agrotourism; CHIPRE; CHYPRE; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; EMPRESAS; ENTERPRISES; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; ENTREPRISE; ESLOVENIA; ESTONIA; ESTONIE; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; HONGRIE; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_10626; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_10672; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_12103; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_12204; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2080; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33095; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33096; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_34123; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_36735; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3695; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4548; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6055; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6699; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7822; HUNGARY; HUNGRIA; infrastructure; Intolerance; LATVIA; laws and regulations; Legislation; LETONIA; LETTONIE; Limiting factors; LITHUANIA; LITUANIA; LITUANIE; MALTA; MALTE; PAISES DE LA UNION EUROPEA; PAYS DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE; POLAND; POLOGNE; POLONIA; Questionnaires; REPUBLICA CHECA; REPUBLICA ESLOVACA; REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE; REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE; RURAL AREAS; rural population; Rural populations; Rural tourism; SLOVAK REPUBLIC; SLOVENIA; SLOVENIE; Small business; small businesses; TOURISM; Tourism development; TOURISME; tourists; TURISMO; Western European region; ZONAS RURALES; ZONE RURALE; Czech Republic; Western European region
• ISSN: 0139-570X; 1805-9295
• DOI: 10.17221/628-AGRICECON

A questionnaire was submitted to entrepreneurial and agricultural subjects in different NUTS II regions of the Czech Republic in order to determine the factors limiting the development of rural tourism. Nowadays, approximately 1,000 of entrepreneurs work in the area of rural tourism services. Between 28,000 and 38,000 people spend their holiday at farms every year. The main factors limiting the development of rural tourism are as follows: lack of money resulting from insufficient state subsidies, lack of information how to obtain the subsidies, inaccessibility of these subsidies by small businesses, insufficient legislation, bureaucracy, bad infrastructure, and little experience in providing such services.