Elements to the debate around rural tourism´s concept

Abstract

The growth of interest in rural tourism and the recent expansion of rural tourism´s supply in Brazil indicate a tendency of popularization of rural tourism and its dissemination in various media. Therefore, the use of rural tourism´s concept has been expanding, but it is common to use random and often inappropriate this concept. In university there is a debate about the concept of rural tourism. Looking to give a contribution to this debate, we present here, an article that discusses the concepts of tourism in rural areas, rural tourism, agritourism, etc. Based on the reading and interpretation of some researchers, as well as our empirical researches on tourism in rural, we try to show our position around the concepts and to propose some definition.