Towards sustainable management of touristic activities in rural and natural spaces

Natural tourism is closely related to developmental and sustainable tourism. Its field of action is circumscribed to natural habitats and their biodiversity. Of particular importance are natural parks, protected reserves, ecotourism, the rural habitat, agrotourism, and the local population's commitment of a particular area of implantation. The main point around which all these activities revolve is sustainability, so special attention is paid to sustainable tourism because of the contribution it makes to the environment. This requires certain knowledge of the reasons to develop it in all the rural and natural spaces. Here we discuss the effects of leisure-related activities on the environment, and the positive and negative impacts that leisure and tourism can have on nature. We also make some recommendations about the sustainability of leisure- related tourism activities. Finally, leisure and tourism in nature reflect the general sphere of the territory in which Nature Tourism is going to be implemented, which entails the central typology in the interaction between Rural Tourism and Active Tourism, and at a minor scale Agrotourism, Ecotourism, Sustainable Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Adventure Tourism, and Sport Tourism.