Sustainable Tourism
AgriTourism & Niche Tourism
Approach To Deeper AgriTourism
Calyx's focus on AgriTourism extends beyond food celebrations to create bring deeper meaning to healthy, local food and the critical importance of farming and forestry to the Pacific Northwest economy. We help to leverage food celebrations to develop a series of interconnected farm and forest trails and tours that are hands-on and offer rich forms of experiential tourism. This is an empowering educational opportunity for both farmers and visitors and can positively shape rural communities and the integrity of our food systems.
Calyx partners with economic development agencies, public sector agencies, non-profits and a wide range of businesses to help you tap into an increasing range of emerging trends:
Agriculinary Tourism
Culinary Trails
Interpretive and Active Experiential Tourism
Meet the Locals
Nature-Based Tourism
Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel
Voluntourism
Women-Only Travel
Wildlife Viewing
Agriculinary tourism is a combination of farm and food activities that highlight the unique experience of place, natural resources, people and history, culminating in food, the tie that binds us together in a cultural mosaic.
Similar to agriculinary tourism, other forms of niche tourism development leverage cultural, social and tourism trends that can help you build new markets and customers. They celebrate and protect place, reflect the uniqueness of character and history, and provide an enriching way for a community to host tourism.
Calyx works with you strategically on:
- Tourism Strategic Plan Development and Implementation
- Community Tourism Planning and Partnership Development
- Tour and Itinerary Development
- Deepening Agriculinary Tourism and Outreach Strategies for Farmland and Watershed Protection
- Sustainable Business Strategies
- Gateway, Beauty and other Marketing Strategies