The Agri-Tourist, My Journey Back to Agriculture
Agritourism involves travel, entertainment, adventure and agriculture, but, at its core, agritourism is really about connecting and educating. Join me to learn from experienced agritourism farmers and entrepreneurs, and help me build my future farm strategy.
The Agri-Tourist, My Journey Back to Agriculture
Exploring New Zealand with Agritourism Expert, Marijke Dunselman of Agritourism.NZ
In this episode of The Agri-tourist Podcast, we are headed all the way to New Zealand with my guest Marijke Dunselman from Agritourism New Zealand.
Originally from the Netherlands, Marijke has lived in many countries and speaks 4 languages, but decided to build her roots in New Zealand, another country I did not know much about until now!
Marijke’s journey starts in marketing, transitions to tourism, and then she takes the leap of faith and launches her own tourism and eventually agritourism business. She is the founder of Agritourism.NZ and the Agritourism Academy. Over the past 26 years, she has worked with hundreds of agritourism operators. Her business is focused on helping farmers to diversify their business through agritourism and helping them market their farms within the tourism industry.
In addition, she established the ‘ Agritourism Academy & Community ’ in 2024, a first of its kind. The Academy is an interactive online community helping farmers and landowners start and grow successful agritourism businesses. It includes all training, planners, resources, networking opportunities, and live sessions.
You can tell, based on her enthusiastic nature and knowledge, Marijke is doing what she loves and is fulfilled when she hears success stories from her farmers.
Agritourism.NZ
Agritourism Academy
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Thank you for taking the time to listen to The Agri-Tourist Podcast, for supporting our inspirational guests, and for sharing my personal journey back to agriculture.