Four types of relationships between organic agriculture and agritourism will be discussed first in this study.
However, which kind of agritourism activity is optimal to be linked with organic agriculture?
Moreover, various negative impacts to the rural environment have resulted from agritourism (especially mass agritourism activities)16.
In addition, the current agritourism activities are mass tourism type and external tour operators often organize them as package products.
Other agritourism activities will act like mass tourism and may result in negative impacts to the rural environment and even affect the organic production.
The symbiotic relationship between agriculture and tourism that can be found in agritourism (agrotourism) is a key element of environmentally and socially responsible tourism in rural areas4.
Hence, the negative impacts from eco-organic tourism to the rural environment may become relatively lower than other agritourism activities.
More than 500 000 accommodation establishments are involved in rural tourism and agritourism, offering more than 6 million beds.