More and more tourists from around the world are passionate about the beauty that nature has created. Romania has, including and especially in rural areas many attractions, some already known, others less known. Tourism practiced in various forms in rural areas of Romania offers people who want to relax, who loves nature, culture and folk art, a treasure chest of ancient rural civilization values and can save time and money is staying in reception of rural areas, be it by peasant family farms, private farms, boarding houses and guesthouses. The evolution of these structures for tourism and agro-tourism in Romania recorded an upward trend during the period studied, respectively 2000 to 2012. This research paper is based on a complex processing and analysis of statistical data, the information from official sources, to central and local institutions, as well as numerous data and information obtained from the field. Rural tourism and agro-tourism potential in Romania have been created and developed numerous tourist accommodation, in order to practice both forms of tourism types classic and unconventional, complementary, such as rural tourism, agro-tourism, ecotourism, cyclo-tourism, etc.