Rural tourism originated in France 1885 and began to develop on a large scale in 1980s. At present, rural tourism in Germany, Austria, Britain, France, Spain, the United States, Japan and other developed countries has reached a considerable scale and embarked on the track of standardized development. Rural tourism has played a very important role in promoting the development of rural areas with economic recession. The contribution and significance of rural tourism to the local economy have been fully proved. In many countries, rural tourism is regarded as an effective means to prevent agricultural recession and increase rural income. Rural tourism has developed very rapidly in the world. In 200 1 year, more than 10,000 rural tourism enterprises in Italy received 2 1 10,000 tourists, with a turnover of 900 billion lira (about 430 million US dollars), an increase of 12.5% over 2000. In the United States, 30 states have tourism policies specifically for rural areas, among which 14 states include rural tourism in their overall tourism development plans. In Israel, the development of rural tourism is regarded as an effective supplement to the decline of rural income, and the number of rural tourism enterprises is increasing year by year. Many countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, former Eastern Europe and the Pacific, believe that rural tourism is the driving force of economic development and diversification in rural areas.
According to the latest calculation of the National Tourism Administration, the annual number of rural tourists in China has reached 300 million, and the tourism income has exceeded 40 billion yuan, accounting for nearly one-third of the total number of tourists in China. According to reports, there are currently 359 agricultural tourism demonstration sites in China, covering 3/kloc-0 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the mainland, covering various agricultural formats. During the three golden weeks every year, the proportion of China urban residents who choose rural tourism accounts for about 70%, and each golden week forms a rural tourism market with about 60 million people. Rural tourism has become a new growth point of tourism.
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