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CHAPTER 3: THE WASHINGTON COUNTY RURAL TOURISM SECTOR

Table 3.2: Sites Providing for Events and Activities as a Share of Their Own Subsector

Overnight Off-Farm Community Total
Sector/ Primary Use of Site Farms/On-Farm Processing Recreation
Stays Event Sites Sites
Community Wine, Dining/ Historic/
Farms &
Subsector Supported Beer, Sake, Prepared Cultural
Nurseries
Agriculture Spirits Food Sites

Ratio of Sites Hosting 91 of
38 of 67 4 of 5 26 of 28 13 of 13 1 of 2 5 of 6 4 of 6
Events/Activities 127

% Sites per Sector
Hosting Events/ 57% 80% 93% 100% 50% 83% 67% 72%
Activities*
*On more than a minor and infrequent basis. Those not considered to be hosting events/activities fall into the “Little to No Supplemental Activity”
category in Table 3.2

During the course of this research, the activities and events conducted were sorted into categories as
similarities were discovered. Table 3.3 reflects the range of reported or advertised events by category. Note
that while some activities may be commonly expected within certain primary use sectors/subsectors, many

actually occur as supplemental activities on the full range of sites. For this reason, activities are deliberately
not assigned to specific site sectors within Tables 3.2 and 3.3.

Table 3.3: Activities Offered within the 127-Site Sample

Category Related Activities Corporate Gatherings Farm Stand/ Market Supplemental Activity
Recreation Education Culinary Overnight Stays Traditional Farm Celebratory and Entertainment Off-site Market Participation Little to No

Examples Hiking, Tours, Farm Lodging, Hay Weddings, Concerts, On- Sell farm Seasonal
biking, classes, to fork camp- rides, birthday movies, site goods self-serve,
horse demos dinners, ing, corn parties, art sales, farm at off- u-Pick, few
trails, brew- vacation mazes, reunions, non-farm stand farm, visitors, little
birding, fests, house farm corporate festivals or urban advertising,
putt/ wine rental festivals retreats store farmers perhaps farm
disc tastings/ markets stand but no
golf pairings building

# of Sites 20 50 55 8 44 52 39 91 17 36
Offering this
Type Activity
% of Total 16% 39% 43% 6% 35% 41% 31% 72% 13% 28%
Sites
(Note: Since a single site often hosts many types of events, quantities do not total 100% or 127 sites)
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