Farm Tourism 101 with Farm Guiding Certification Course (FT101) aims to provide participants the basics of setting up a farm tourism business. Through this course, participants will learn the benefits of having a farm tourism site, the techniques on ways to attract visitors and travelers to go to farm areas, and understand the Republic Act 10816, also known as the “Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016.”

FT101 enabled the graduates to showcase their applications, accomplishments, and best practices after taking the course. ISST allows potential and well-improved individual or farm (organization) by presenting them to bigger or international conferences and conventions as part of the school’s social responsibility in uplifting and empowering farmers.

FT101 envisions to produce graduates as many as the school can generate to increase the number of farmers and or farm owners in the country.

KEY SEMINAR TOPICS

Day 1: Putting the “Farm” in the Farm Tourism

1. Learn how to do an initial assessment of your land in terms of location, physical environment, people resources and management.
2. Understand the need for organic, natural and other alternative methods.
3. Understand the R.A. 10816, the “Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016”
4. Find out what type of farm you want.

Day 2: Putting the “Tourism” in the Farm Tourism

1. Find out how to make your farm tourism destination unique.
2. Designing farm tour packages and products
3. Managing people and farm operations

Day 3: Visiting Farm Tourism Site

1. Learn insights from other farms.

APPROACHES AND METHODS

FT101 will adopt a combination of various training methods to maximize and facilitate the learning of the participants, as follows:

1. Sharing of experiences and best practices facilitated by local speakers;
2. Participatory lecture-discussion/PowerPoint presentations;
3. Workshops/small group planning exercises; and
4. Field learning visits/exercises.

Eighty percent (80%) of the workshop duration will be allocated for classroom learning methods, while the remaining twenty percent (20%) will be allocated for field learning exercises/experiences.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The FT101 course is open to the following:

1. Practitioners – investors and entrepreneurs who are directly engaged in the farm tourism industry in the region.
2. Regulators – officials and staff of government agencies both from the agriculture and tourism sectors as well as other interested local government agencies.
3. Interest groups – non-government organization, people’s organizations, and development organizations that are implementing programs and interventions on agriculture and tourism sectors.
4. Academe – state colleges and universities along with private academic institutions who are actively engaged in farm tourism activities and development projects.