When you talk about sightseeing reference is being made to those activities that people carry out during our trips or stays in places other than those of our environment. Most of the time this activity tends to be aimed at rest and leisure and takes place in a consecutive and relatively short period of time: less than a year.
And on the other hand, when referring to what rural we are referring to that which is linked or belongs to the field, including crops, crops, land, outdoor life, nature, that is, everything associated with nature, among other issues and opposes the concept of urban.
So, it's called rural tourism to that activity of a tourist type that takes place within a space with rural characteristics, which may be a small town with very few inhabitants, or an area close to the city, but far from what is considered its urban area and that has as a purpose the realization of activities typical of the field, or failing that, to be close to them to be able to appreciate them.
Old rooms and recycled farms, arranged with the services that any hotel in the city would offer, are the establishments that offer this type of tourism to tourists eager to display the typical agricultural activities that take place in rural life.
The need of people who live in the city to get closer to natural life
The development of Rural Tourism has not only allowed the people who were born and raised in the city to come closer to life in the country, but it has also become an important income for those who live in the country.
Ecotourism, stay tourism, wine tourism (management of the wine wealth of an area) and the agritourism (accommodation in rural houses with an offer of agricultural activities) are, due to their characteristics, some of the forms that we can find within Rural Tourism.
In the wide range of proposals offered by tourism, many, including rural tourism, have grown exponentially in recent years. Meanwhile, if we have to look for the reasons, we can mention some that have been very decisive for these changes in tourism habits ...
The need for tourists to do something totally different from what they do in their daily routine, of course those who live in big cities.
The hectic life that the city proposes today has also influenced this inclination for this type of tourism. Those of us who live in the metropolis know that sometimes following the rhythm is uphill, even when used to it, the stress of running from one place to another to be able to arrive on time, among other causes.
And precisely the field is associated with the diametrically opposite: with green, open air, peace, relaxation, the absence of noise, smog, the singing of birds in the morning, in many cases this being the most common sound. familiar and recurring and much more pleasant than the blasting horn at the behest of a traffic jam in the city. Also "the landscape" is very diverse, and the rural tourist wants to stop seeing the current buildings and skyscrapers, the buses, taxis and the hundreds of vehicles on the highways and roads to see green fields, animals, trees, flowers , and more flowers.
And then there is another reason that has to do with the strictly economic when choosing these rural destinations that are usually a few kilometers from the city, and that is that they offer services and rest proposals much cheaper than any other destination that implies a longer trip.
In other words, it satisfactorily fulfills the premise of relaxation and rest at a much cheaper cost than any other tourist plan.
