- Rural tourism
Any village is a tourist destination and most villagers are very hospitable across globe. Farming as an agricultural choice is getting highly mechanized and therefore requires less labor. This is causing economic pressure on the village leading to exodus of innocent youths to urban landscape.
RuralTourism has focus on participating in rural lifestyle. It can be a variant ofecotourism . The emphasis is on having an experience in rural setting.Benefits
It allows creation of alternative source of income in the non-farming sector for the rural folks. The reverse cash flow from cityscape also allows lost folk arts and handicrafts to reinvigorate and thrive locally. It is an ideal and natural setting for rural and urban economic exchange.
Relevance in developing nations
It is especially true of nations where farming land is fragmented due to population growth and then the farmer gets into the credit trap.
Relevance in developed nations
In developed nations, people prefer to take weekends off doing farming or visiting the countryside to destress and take a break from their office routines.
References
* cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3683742.stm
publisher=BBC
title=Why rural tourism is no picnic?
date=October 11 2004
accessdate=2007-11-07
* cite web
url=http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/economics/in_focus/small_business_if_tourism.html
publisher=csrees
title=Small and Home based Business
date=October 8 2007
accessdate=2007-11-07
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