The term rural is related to the life and activity that takes place in a field, which is a space rich in traditions that configure a way of being, and that largely define the culture of nations, in natural spaces and in sustenance economical for many.
A town or area is considered rural because of its number of inhabitants (low population density), less than 2,500 approximately, depending on what is established in each country, and because of its economic activity, mainly in the primary sector (agricultural activities).
This activity is associated with all those processes that involve capturing (fishing and hunting), exploiting (mining and forestry), cultivating (agriculture and forestry) and raising (in livestock and aquaculture) the raw materials on which only very high uses are made. basic.
The rural population that lives in the countryside, lives in hamlets and small towns, and is characterized by being discontinuous and dispersed, the immense empty spaces are destined for agriculture and livestock, activities that require less labor every day. However, the trend of the rural population is towards concentration in small populated centers, since otherwise they are very scarce in rural areas, they are vital for the subsistence of the population, which is why it is attracted.
In rural landscapes there is contact with nature and there are large areas of land. They are not uniform, closed fields and open fields are distinguished, with intermediate variants, the fruits of not only natural conditions but, above all, legal and historical.
Today's rural world is not homogeneous, it is not all the same or similar. There is a modern rural world and integrated into the export economy, which has developed from the agro-industry, with the location of food, fruit and vegetable processing plants.
The modernization of agriculture effectively reduces labor needs in the field, and causes what is known as a rural exodus, which is a phenomenon of migration of rural populations to the cities, in search of jobs offered both in industry and as in the tertiary sector.
On the other hand, a new economic alternative has been developed for agricultural producers, which is known as "rural tourism", its objective is to offer visitors a personalized contact, to give them the opportunity to enjoy the physical and human environment of the areas rural areas, and to the extent possible, to participate in the activities, traditions and lifestyle of the local population.
