摘要：At this moment, both in our country and in the European Union, rural tourism andecotourism are among the most dynamic forms of tourism, a result of the advantages which itoffers bouth tourists and host communities.Rural areas are rich in ecological and rural diversity. For a long time in their existence, ruralcommunities have relied on the abundance of natural resources.But in the 20th century, major changes in technology, political or economic reasons havebrought a profound transformation in agriculture, as well as other industrial resources wererenewerable, which has led rural communities to be dependent on their face.For rural areas, the fast pace of change has brought with it not only opportunities but alsofavourable challenges.Sustainable development of Romanian local communities through ecotourism and ruraltourism represents a requirement and at the same time a tendency of contemporary evolution.This process includes a suite of particularities of nature followed from tourist activity, specifyin its complexity and interacting with the environment and other sectors of the economy, themagnitude and variety of social relations which they generate, on the one hand, and thecharacteristics of sustainable development, in general, on the other hand.The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing relationship between rural tourism andecotourism, between the need for sustainable development and the need to preserve the localtraditions, and to observe if such equilibrium is feasible between these two terms
关键词：ecotourism; communities; rural tourism; sustainable development
