Change in the march forward.
One of the changes that the Tuscan region has gone through is the conversion of old disused out-buildings into luxurious holiday flats. These buildings, some little more than than a windproof shell used to keep farm animals or crops, have been restructured into the most exclusive and desired after bases from which to base a holiday in the Tuscan region. The switches in the countryside happened for 2 causes: first due that local farms were unable to meet the demands for produce from an ever expanding population, and 2nd, that they were incapable to compete on price with the larger and more centralized distribution companies (a similar change took place in the British Isles with the procession of Supermarkets in the early 1990s, the only difference being unfortunately that English farmers did not have the same guarantee of sunshine like the Italian’s did, on which to build a future). As the big processing plants took over food distribution, the Tuscan farmers were left pondering on how to make it to the end of the week, and Luxury holiday accommodation was born.
Posted on Sunday, 27 March 2011
