Rural development strategies through rural tourism activities in romania: chance for an internal demand?

Rural tourism related activities have been widely regarded as key-tools for rural development, specially in those countries —as Romania and all East European countrieswhere rural space and production is still a major part of whole economic structure, trying by this way to revitalize declining areas and ensure them possibilities of achieving a sustainable future. At this purpose, rural tourism must be considered like a complex plurality of multi-faced activities, contributing both to growth of other activities in rural areas and to improvement of life quality for local inhabitants, all this as part of an effective rural development integrated system.