Rural tourism and the need of special attention to be paid in rural development programs

Extension of rural tourism industry is one of the options which nowadays have made the policy makers, programmers and executers of investment for rural development think about due to the expansion of city dwellings and urban environmental pollution. As an important and basic industry in economic and culture sections, it can play an important role in reducing psychological pressures of the cities and also prevent unnecessary migration of the villagers to the cities. Considering the integration of two organizations of tourism and cultural heritage and small industries and creating the organization of cultural heritage, tourism and handicraft and holding the first rural and tribal tourism seminar in national level with the presence of high ranking officials of the country on 27 th February 2007, it is necessary to act with more programming and sophisticating measures to preserve and extend the villages and prevent environmental destructions. For the purpose of above article while using library resources and studying documents, the definition of tourism and rural tourism, attractive places, profits, damages and solutions to expand rural tourism have been taken into consideration.