Review of the Study on Rural Tourism in China

According to recent literature,this paper makes a commendation on rural tourism study in China and focuses on six major aspects:(1) all sorts of rural tourism and its concept;(2) the significance and trends of rural tourism;(3) conditions and models to start rural tourism;(4) the planning of rural tourism;(5) the relationship between local residents and rural tourism development;(6) the problems existing in rural tourism.This paper reveals the evolufion of rural tourism study and makes some suggestions on future research.