Rural Tourism for Local Economic Development

Efforts in according to strengthening the economic development of rural areas are comprehensive, given the largeness of its tourist value, viewed from economically, environmentally, socially and culturally. It is understandable that the initiation of such potential and especially keeping its, requires specific actions to support and continuous monitoring. Even if the forthcoming general interest mainly lies in the implications of effort but managers/local entrepreneurs. Set of objectives pursued by the paper refers to contributions of tourism and its contribution to rural economic development. In this way, it tries in the paper, motivation to find alternative tourism models that support sustainable rural development.