THE ROLE OF TOURISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS IN GEORGIA – PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES Cover Image

РОЛЬ ТУРИЗМА В РАЗВИТИИ АГРОБИЗНЕСА В ГРУЗИИ - ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ
THE ROLE OF TOURISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS IN GEORGIA – PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

Author(s): David Katamadze, Paata Aroshidze
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: tourism; agricultural business; rural tourism

Summary/Abstract: The development of the agricultural business in the traditional Georgian villages is not connected with significant losses and costs thus it allows the supply of cheap agricultural production. The comparatively low prices of the products makes them affordable for the tourists coming from Central and Eastern European countries. If one takes into account the fact that some 47.3 % of the overall Georgian population lives in the villages, it becomes obvious that the effective use of these cheap and well aware of the rural life human resources for the needs of the tourism industry may open a significant potential for development of the agricultural business in regards to the use of the rural tourism.

  • Issue Year: 7/2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 108-112
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian