At a time when India is increasingly looking beyond cities to build a more inclusive and resilient economy, rural tourism has emerged as a vital bridge between culture, livelihood and sustainability.

UN Tourism has launched its first-ever set of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) dedicated entirely to rural tourism. Developed under the Tourism for Rural Development Programme, the two online ...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two agencies work together to ...

Sustainable tourism is becoming not only a much-needed trend within the global travel and tourism industry, but also a necessity. From hotels taking steps to measure and reduce their energy, waste and ...

Lead and Wessington Springs will be the first participants in a new program designed to increase tourism in the state's rural communities, Travel South Dakota announced Sept. 16. “Developing and ...

The Rural Tourism Support program provides a structure for rural communities to develop a long-term strategy, Blandford said. The Tri County Economic Development District and the northeast Washington ...

Representatives from the fields of rural development, tourism, and cultural heritage are set to engage at the Riverside Hotel in Durban on Wednesday and Thursday for a rural tourism development ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism on Wednesday recognized a leader in rural tourism development. Linda Curtis-Sparks, the former director of the Sabine ...

Agritourism is taking root on the continent, taking curious travelers beyond safaris village visits to take part in hands-on ...

Although national poverty rates in Jamaica declined from 30.4 % in 1989 to 9.9 % in 2007, the decline in rural poverty was more modest: from 22 % to 15.3 %. If Jamaica was to achieve “Developed ...