Sustainability of Rural Tourism and Promotion of Local Development

This Special Issue contains articles include but not limited to empirical analytical or design-oriented approaches to the following topics: - Monitoring of carrying capacity and mechanisms for managing tourist flows in rural areas;- Systems and tools to measure the social economic and environmental sustainability of rural tourism;- Integration between public tourism policies and private strategies in the promotion and implementation of sustainable practices;- Policies for promoting public participation in the planning and development of sustainable rural tourism;- The impacts of tourism on traditional agricultural activities;- Identity enhancement of the territory and its productions;- Good practices in the implementation of rural tourism sustainability.