CE: 1671 CF: cag111192215
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The Agrotourism, a vision from sustainable development
El Agroturismo, una visión desde el desarrollo sostenible
Guillermo Rodríguez Alonso*
Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Carretera a Camajuaní km 5½, Santa Clara, Cuba, CP 54830
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ABSTRACT
The link culture tourism and the need of modern societies not to exceed the limits of nature when trying to meet the economic needs of individuals or peoples are reviewed. People and communities, with their customs and lifestyles contribute to the tourist experience and the perpetuity of cultural forms and expressions. It is concluded that the Agrotourism, as a variant linked to the modality of Nature Tourism, has as purpose the satisfaction of certain segments of the tourist market interested in the knowledge of the rural culture and the countryside and promotes new forms of coexistence in the regional contexts of tourism from maintaining environmentally sustainable agricultural practices.