Rural Tourism

DEFINITION
Rural tourism might be characterized as the movement of individuals from their typical
place of residence to rural areas for a base time of twenty-four hours to the limit of 6 months for
the sole purpose of recreation and delight. Rural tourism alludes to all tourism activities in a rural
area.

Fleischer and Pizam partners rural tourism with the 'nation get-away' where the visitor
spends the immense extent of his/her vacation period participating in recreational activities in a
rural environment on a farm, ranch, country home, or the surrounding areas.

As indicated by Dernoi, rural tourism may be considered as tourism activities in a 'non-

urban region where human (land-related economic) action is going on, principally agriculture: a
ceaseless human presence appears to be a passing necessity'.

CONCEPT
In a broad definition, rural tourism incorporates a variety of activities, services,
accommodations offered by farmers, laborers, and inhabitants of the rural area, to be able to draw
in vacationers to their area, which produces extra incomes for their organizations.

With this concept, rural tourism does not only involve farm tourism or agritourism, but
also other activities in regards to get-aways amidst nature, trips to rural areas, as well residential
tourism, in which services include, apart from accommodation, also social events, festivities,
outdoor recreation, production and sale of manufactured products and agricultural products, etc.

Rural tourism does not only involve farm tourism or agritourism with this concept. There
are also other activities in regards to vacations amidst nature, trips to rural areas as well as
residential tourism in which services include not only accommodation for convinience but also
outdoor recreation, social gatherings/events, festivities, production and sale of made items and
agricultural products, etc.
 Thus, the term of rural tourism has different implications, frequently relting upon the
national territory. (Bran et al., 1997)

ORIGIN

The origin of Rural Tourism can be said to be “old and youthful” type of tourism. It is old
on the grounds that rural tourism has existed since ancient times. It is youthful on the grounds that
the ancient rural tourism generally refers to visiting the relatives and friends in countryside. The
rural tourism in its actual sense is another kind of tourism activity showed up in the late 19 th
century, and enthusiastically created after “World War II.” In present academy circle, based on a
popular theory, it is said that rural tourism originated in France. Yet, another argument counters
that it instead originated in United Kingdom during the late 19th century due to the industrial
revolution, which has made the people’s lives for being able to give them more time to rest.
Constructed to accommodate the industrial revolution, the railway was provided to send the people
home safely and faster outside their usual surroundings and provided disposable income, leisure
time and appropriate media for rural tourism.
In the mid-1960s, Spain led the pack in changing the barren aristocratic castles in the
Catalan town into basic farmhouses and the huge towns and ranches were incorporated into the
extent of voyaging and visiting, thus the popular modern rural tourism in its actual sense
developed. After 1970s, the rural tourism in the United States, Canada and different nations entered
fast-growth stage. There is likewise an expression that rural tourism was conceived in Italy. In
1865, the establishment of the Italian “National Association of Agriculture and Tourism” denoted
the birth of rural tourism. At any rate, individuals all concurred in that country that rural tourism
started in 19th century in Europe.
In China, it is said that rural tourism was generated in 1950s in Shijiazhuang to meet foreign
exchange affairs. In any case, a residential researcher concur that rural tourism began in the 1980s
in Shenzhen. In the late 1980s, Shenzhen opened the “lichi festival” so as to draw in foreign
investment, and then opened the picking garden, which accomplished great outcomes.
The sightseeing agriculture project was copied by numerous urban communities. In 1998,
the National Tourism Organization propelled a topic of “China’s urban and rural tourism” of which
coming back to nature’s eco-tourism is a significant content, after which the rural tourism grew
quickly, forming numerous distinctive rural tourist spots. Individuals can go touring yet do work
on holidays. There are also numerous agricultural festivities, such as the “farmhouse” tourism
venture in Sichuan and village tourism in Guizhou.
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Bran, et. al. (1997). Concept of Rural Tourism. Retrieved on October 19, 2019 from
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Dernoi, Fleischer & Pizam (2019). Definition of Rural Tourism. Retrieved on October 19,
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