通过对现有一些乡村旅游概念的比较和分析，乡村性应该是界定乡村旅游的最重要标志，因此，狭义的乡村旅游，是指在乡村地区，以具有乡村性的自然和人文客体为旅游吸引物的旅游活动。如果对这个乡村旅游概念中“乡村性”这个特性缺乏足够的认识，就可能导致乡村旅游概念的模糊，这既不利于构建乡村旅游研究的理论体系，也可能会降低乡村旅游的丰富性。

Through the comparison and analysis of the present conceptions of the rural tourism，this paper argues that the rurality is the most important characteristic of defining the conception of the rural tourism．So，the conception of the rural tourism is．in a narrow sense，one of tourist activities that occurs at rural areas and aim s at the natural and human tourist attractions with the rurality．Ignoring"this characteristic of the rurality will result in the unclearness of the conception of the rural tourism，which goes against constructing the theoretical frame of the rural tourism and lessens the enrichment of the rural tourism.