Potential Development of Agri-tourism in Remote Areas of Developing Countries: The Case of Rwanda

The goal of this paper is to develop an understanding of the supply and demand dynamics in Rwandan agritourism business. The motivations of tourists and farmers, the difficulties they face, and the opportunities that arise as a result of agritourism, in addition to the job opportunities that are created for rural Rwandan farmers are assessed. For this study, we adopted a qualitative approach, employing a semi-structured web and paper-based questionnaires and the online and face to face-based interview. To assess the answers from respondents, SPSS tool is used. The findings of this research indicate that agriculture-based tourism has not yet been developed in the considered area. Consequently, there are significant gaps in the preservation of biodiversity and tourist attractions, as well as a halt in the creation of jobs for local residents, as well a decline in revenue from tourism. Researchers hope to be able to contribute to the solutions to the challenges of operating an agritourism business by first gaining an awareness of the limitations, motivation, and perspectives of farmers. This work introduced garden tourism as a sort of agri-tourism in Karongi to help alleviate some of the above-mentioned problems, since it will increase the region's attractiveness and diversify the tourist industry there so that it isn't solely reliant on Lake Kivu. Keywords: agritourism, botanical garden, development, Rwanda, rural area