A Colorado State University economist says COVID-19 might not have a large, negative impact on agritourism.

Stephan Weiler

tells Brownfield more people have been taking road trips for vacation during

the pandemic.

“People are

talking about taking road trips as opposed to flying and agritourism is largely

car-based,” he said.

And he said those

road trips have been focused on nature.

“People have basically

been, you know, abandoning traveling to cities, traveling to amusement parks

and instead [are] going to the great outdoors,” he said.

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