El turismo rural como forma de desarrollo sostenible. El caso de Aragón

Abstract

One of the most significant characteristics of country life nowaday is its complexity. At the same time its survival has become a major priority. From this point of view outcomes the necessity for maintaining a minimun population on who could rely the responsability for maintaining this living style alive. The development of a wide variety of activities appears to be a good way for improving the living standars at these sites and any type of enterprise related with tourism becomes an important source for such activities, specially at the mountains countryside. The offer for rural loogings, even though it represents a minimum part of the touristical offer, has demonstrated an increasing trend. This article refers to the results of different polls and interviews which had place in the mountains of Aragon. It leads the path to characterise this phenomenum and to acknowledge how the people of the mountains feel about this sort of activities. The results of the inquiry are compared with others obtained from different sources.