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There is little consensus on the definition for rural tourism. This is not easy because the definition of tourism itself is already quite problematic and different views exist as to its nature (Johnston et al., 2000; Darbelly and Stock, 2011). In general, tourism is defined as all activitie of persons travelling and staying in places outside their place of work, residence or provision, for longer terms--but for not more than one consecutive year--for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited (OECD, 2002; Leser et al,. 1992). Commuting and shopping, as well as local recreation not connected with at least one overnight stay are, according to the general tourism definition, explicitly not part of tourism (Leser et al., 1992).
Therefore, the nature of rural tourism is in many aspects different from tourism in general. As possible spectrums for defining rural tourism, is, on the one hand, seen as all touristic activities taking place in rural areas, or, on the other hand, restricted to very specific categories or forms of tourism, as for example farm tourism (Opperman, 1996) or agritourism (Flannigan et al., 2014). Sometimes wilderness tourism or temporary stays in second homes in rural areas are included, sometimes not (Opperman, 1996).