Rural Tourism focuses on participating in a rural lifestyle. It can be a variant of ecotourism. Any village can be a tourist attraction, and many villagers are very hospitable. Agriculture is becoming highly mechanized and therefore requires less manual labour. This is causing economic pressure on some villages, leading to an exodus of young people to urban areas.
There is, however, a segment of urban population which is interested in visiting the rural areas and understanding their perspective. This segment has been rapidly growing in the past decade and has led to rural tourism becoming a good option for nature lovers. Rural Tourism allows the creation of an alternative source of income in the nonagricultural sector for rural dwellers. The added income from Rural Tourism can contribute to the revival of lost folk art and handicrafts. It is an ideal and natural method of rural and urban economic exchange.
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