| Summary: | This systematic literature review aims to assess the epistemological progress and the current state of knowledge in the academic literature on rural tourism and local communities. The study utilized the PRISMA statement framework to describe the process of article selection and rejection for the literature review. The review focused on articles published in high-ranking journals indexed in the Scopus database over a ten-year period from 2013 to 2022. Findings revealed a growing number of publications on rural tourism since 2015, with a steady increase in 2019. Most articles were published in 12 journals. Studies tend to use a qualitative approach, with a preference for case studies. The systematic review examines rural tourism research by context, topic, methods, location, and
theoretical framework. The review highlights the current state of rural tourism research and suggests future research directions. This study provides a comprehensive overview of rural tourism research published worldwide
over the past decade and determines its epistemological progress.
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