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For a long time, agriculture has played an essential role in the development of rural areas, but agricultural activities are no longer the only option for the development of these areas, "agriculture is no longer the vertebral column of rural economies." For the next period attention should be directed to: the development of rural villages and farms; support for processing agricultural products; relocating young people to rural areas; Development of activities in the tourism sector; Creating SMEs in rural areas. R...

In his whole, rural tourism includes a wide range of accommodation modalities, of activities, events, festivities, sports and entertainments, all running into an environment with rural specific. Therefore, rural tourism represents an concept that includes the tourist activity organized and managed by the rural local population and which has on base a close relation with human and natural environment. Agrotourism comes, in the frame of rural tourism, as a complementary activity, that fructify the surplus of accommo...

Tourism in rural areas in Poland in the years 1999-2016 was an important element of socio-economic and cultural life. The aim of the study is to present tourism in rural are-as in Poland in the years 1999-2016. The following research methods were used: analy-sis of historical sources, synthesis, induction, deduction, and a comparative method. There was significant development of tourism in rural communities in Poland in the period from 1999-2016. Rural tourism was a major element in the life of country dwell-ers. ...