Rural tourism is a relatively new trend in the tour industry. They also call the agri-tourism or green tourism. Currently he is actively developing all over the world, including in Russia. It should be noted that rural tourism raises the role of regional studies.

Rural tourism involves tourists stay in rural areas for leisure. It is perfect for people looking for new sensations and who have never lived in a village. It is mandatory that the tourists should be accommodated in rural areas or small towns where there is no industry and no multi-storey building.

The rural population is losing tourists to rent empty houses, rooms or floors in their homes. These spaces shall be provided with minimum furniture. They must have dishes, towels, bedding and other necessary household products. Rent lasts from two days to several months.

For each guest I try to create a cozy home atmosphere. Rural tourism infrastructure needs to include good transport links between settlements, places of leisure, the availability of services that provide a variety of services to provide information and service. Ideally, the village should be small restaurants, cafés or restaurants.

Tourists from this area expect a calm and measured rhythm of life. They want peace, the feeling of intimacy with nature and natural rustic organic products. They want comfortable accommodation at reasonable prices.

In the EU, according to some estimates, rural tourism represents 10% - 20% of total income of tourist industry. Moreover, such a holiday in Europe prefer to about 35% of the population. For example, in summer in Italy the greatest demand is marked on accommodation in an old mill or an ancient monastery. We can say that the increased interest of tourists to rural areas is associated with a change in the conditions of existence of modern man. Because life in big cities is deteriorating health, the necessity arises to restore it. In addition, the rest in rural areas can help in psychic improvement.

In our country rural tourism is most active in regions such as the Altai, Krasnodar region, Karelia, Kaliningrad, Leningrad and Pskov regions.

Rural tourism is inextricably linked with the study of life of rural population. He actively develops abroad and in other regions of the Russian Federation and is a priority species for development in the region as Stavropol, primarily agricultural region.

Efficiency and development: this area is new for Russia, but for many European countries is one of the most important and rapidly developing, so for the Stavropol territory, rural tourism could become an additional incentive to attract foreign tourists, and for residents of large cities. Interesting, this type of tourism, because it will be possible to involve the populations (farmers, rural residents) in the development of recreational-tourist complex in the region, which will lead to the development of small businesses, to reduce the outflow of residents, especially young people in the city will diversify the range of professions in rural areas.