The impact of rural tourism on the development of regional communities

Abstract

Tourism activities are increasingly participating as a source of income in both developed and developing countries. The internationalization of tourism activity was therefore confronted with the protests of those who supported the protection of the environment and who called for the alignment of these activities to the principles of the concept of global environment. Preserving the rural world together with everything that is significant from an economic, social, cultural point of view, implies the initiation and development of rural tourism. At the same time, tourism can actively participate in maintaining the viability and stability of rural localities. Rural tourism must become an alternative to the problems of agriculture and rural areas. The aim of this empirical research is to investigate the impact of rural tourism on the development of regional communities from a theoretical point of view using qualitative research based on observations, case study and textual analysis. The findings suggest that the launch of the tourist villages will determine the rural civil community to respond promptly to the social recovery order in the midst of an unpolluted, balanced and beneficial natural environment. Rural tourism, through its effects, will become a constant and inexpensive tool of social progress of the rural communities.