Dashper, K. (Ed.) (2014) Rural Tourism: An International Perspective. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-4438-6677-4, 423 pp.Rural Tourism: An international perspective is a very promising title. After going through the chapters it is pleasantly surprising to actually see that the book covers regions and areas in countries and islands like Sweden, New Zealand, France, South Australia, Estonia, India, Hawaii, Wales, Botswana, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Peru, Denmark, Peninsula Malaysia, South Africa, Buenos Aires, Fair Isle, Norway and Cyprus. Moreover, instead of repeating old theories it actually focuses on contemporary, under-researched areas for tourism such as the growth, impact, issues and scope of this phenomenon and how globalization changed the way it is perceived in 2014.This collection of case studies comprises of introduction and 21 chapters divided in 5 key themes defining the through tourism; tourism experiences; tourism in developing countries; collaboration and conflict in tourism; and tourism and regional development.The first part of the book covers the definitions of rural separated by the application of different measures. It focuses on defining not tourism as a concept but the various ways in which tourism impacts on the understanding of the and ruralities. Chapter 1 by Peter Moller, Maria Thulemark and Christina Engstrom for example questions the divisions between 'rural' and 'urban' and the role tourism plays in maintaining or breaking down these divisions. The chapter involves very good contemporary discussions over the tourism. The focus of Chapter 2 is again on land/area use and the authors - Michael Mackay, Harvey C. Perkins and C. Nicholas Taylor, give an example of the emergence of a global multifunctional countryside in which tourism plays a crucial role. Helene Ducros (Chapter 3) explores the changes in the ideas of what is and how the product can be repackaged so to attract tourists to the countryside. It is a very good example of an excellent practice gone global. The last chapter of this section as stated by the authors Rosie Roberts, Jodie George and Jess Pacella includes an exploration of the representation and construction of place-based identities through festival practices.Part two of the book focuses mainly on the perspectives of locals and tourists when they experience tourism. In this section there are 2 outstanding chapters - Chapter 5 on staging sensescapes for experiences in Estonian farm tourism enterprises by Ester Bardone and Maarja Kaaristo and Chapter 7 by Saleh Azizi and Mary Mostafanezhad on the phenomenology of worldwide opportunities on organic farms (WWOOF). Both case studies are very applicable in terms of practice and can be given in a reading list for students.The same applies for all four chapters (9 to 12) in section three 'Rural tourism in developing countries' the contributors Monkgogi Lenao, Fazeeha Azmi, Emmanuel Sulle, Holti Banka, Janemary Ntalwila and Jane Carnaffan discuss different tourism initiatives in the developing countries Botswana, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Peru and the extent to which the development of tourism actually benefits local communities. …