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Rural tourism focuses on actively participating in a rural lifestyle. It can be a variant of ecotourism. Many rural villages can facilitate tourism because many villagers are hospitable and eager to welcome (and sometime even host) visitors. Agriculture is becoming highly mechanized and therefore, requires less manual labor. This trend is causing economic pressure on some villages, which in turn causes young people to move to urban areas. There is however, a segment of the urban population that is interested in visiting the rural areas and understanding the lifestyle.
Rural tourism allows the creation of a replacement source of income in the non-agricultural sector for rural dwellers. The added income from rural tourism can contribute to the revival of lost folk art and handicrafts.
Kioni is probably the most famous destinations of Ithaca.
Kioni is a seaside village in Ithaca. The village is built in the depth of a bay.
The stone bridges ,small waterfalls,the castle of Livadia compose a magnificent landscape.
The springs are located in wooded area “kria(cold)” south of Livadia.
Country retreat Mastrogiannis there are four luxurious villas within the estate, with a private pool, all surrounded by olive trees and lemon groves.
Country retreat Mastrogiannis , near the picturesque village of Kavadades
Old Perithia built in the Byzantine times around the 14th century
Old Perithia or Palea Perithia is one of the oldest permanently inhabited villages in Corfu
Palaios Agios Athanasios in the most popular mountainous destination of Western Macedonia and one of the most important of Greece.
he village was built in the late 16th century, probably by farmers and builders and formed the eastern boundary of the area that was under control of Ali Pasha of Ioannina. It is built on a plateau at an altitude of 1.180m – 1240 m.