Samenvatting

Bergerden Agropark is a greenhouse zone area in province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The local government, municipalities Nijmegen and Arnhem, is the owner of the land and it invested a lot on sustainable energy system in Begerden Agropark. The greenhouse entrepreneurs built new and modern greenhouses in about 50 percent of the whole land area and the rest has left vacant up to now. The global economic crisis and recession in horticulture sectors are the main reasons to stop folk of greenhouse entrepreneurs to the area. The government looks for an opportunity to motivate greenhouse owners to invest in the area. Locating in the neighbour of a large recreational park and also new trends in agribusiness sector leads to the idea of implementing agrotoutourism in Bergerden Agropark as a new income generator to motivate greenhouse entrepreneurs for investment in the area. This research explores the economic possibility of implementing sustainable greenhouse tourism in Bergerden Agropark to attract greenhouse entrepreneurs for investment and try to answer how it can be feasible to implement greenhouse tourism in the area. This qualitative research follows desk study and field study for collecting data.