Social skills are probably the most important of these factors. Site involves the location of the farm as well as the nature of the farm itself. Also most agritourism visits tend to occur on the weekend, so being a short drive away from an urban center is an asset. The farm itself needs to be attractive, clean and free of odor. Although this may conflict with reality, visitors do not want to be bothered by manure and fodder.
Liability insurance needs to be obtained prior to initiating an agritourism business.
A farmer may be held legally responsible for any person on his or her property and liability insurance can protect the farm and its assets. This can be added to the existing farm owner's policy or through writing a general liability policy. Labor will be greatly affected by the new agritourism business. Farmers will need to decide who will be the primary manager of the new enterprise, and whether family labor will be enough to handle the increased responsibilities or if regular farm employees will need to devote time to the new venture. Children can be a fabulous resource in this area, assuming that they are mature enough and interested enough to participate.