Agritourism might be growing, but is it sustainable?
| October 20, 2007 |  View for printing |
The question is pondered while visiting Whidbey and Orcas islands in Washington.
The West's tourism industry is worth billions of dollars, and an increasing number of visitors are leaving behind jobs and worries for a few days not only to fish blue ribbon streams or ski the perfect powder. They are coming west to don a pair of spurs, rustle some livestock, and sleep in a farmhouse on working farms and ranches.
By Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel
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