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Support to Enhancing Farm Tourism in the Philippines for Inclusive Rural Development - TCP/PHI/3805

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Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8

Publisher FAO ;

Category Factsheet

Synopsis (short abstract) The Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations were enacted to support the development and promotion of farm tourism in the Philippines. They provide the policy and enabling environment for farm tourism in the country while recognizing the importance of agriculture in making available food and other products necessary to sustain and enhance human life, and highlighting the role of farm tourism as an important pillar for employment and productivity, and sustainable livelihoods. Farm tourism is defined as the practice of attracting visitors and tourists to farm areas for productive, educational and recreational purposes. It involves any agricultural or fishery-based operation or activity that brings to a farm visitors, tourists, farmers and fisherfolk who want to be educated and trained in farming and its related activities. The Department of Tourism, the agency mandated to promote agritourism for countryside development and the preservation of rural life, expects the number of accredited farm tourism sites in the country to increase with the completion of the Farm Tourism Strategic Action Plan. Farm tourism is one of the priority programmes under the Tourism Response and Recovery Programme, the strategic plan of the DoT to counteract the social and economic impact of COVID 19 on tourism workers and enterprises, and revive domestic tourism in the country.

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