Straipsnyje aptariama Klaipėdos rajonui būdingi etniniai bruožai, kultūros paveldas, ištekliai, atskleidžiama kaimo turizmo paslaugų teikėjų neišnaudotos arba mažai išnaudotos galimybės panaudojant kultūros paveldą , didinant kaimo turizmo paslaugų patrauklumą. Taip pat straipsnyje pateikiama Klaipėdos rajono kaimo turizmo sodybų savininkų apklausos duomenys apie sodybose teikiamas papildomas rekreacines paslaugas, sodybų personalo aptarnavimo kultūrą ir svetingumą. Klaipėdos rajono kaimo turizmo sodybose turėtų būti stiprinamas kaimo turizmo sodybų šeimininkų bendradarbiavimas su tradicinių amatų atstovais, ekologiškos produkcijos gamintojais ir įvairių rekreacinių paslaugų teikėjais, tokiu būdu puoselėjant ir išsaugant regiono etnokultūrą. During the centuries the particular, exclusive and special ethnocultural multilayer has formed in the ethnographical region of Small Lithuania. It should be accurately evaluated and regulated, while applying it for development of a countryside farmstead tourism environment of Klaipeda region. The objective of an investigation described in the paper is country tourism farmsteads in Klaipeda distric, keeping plenty of places to be visited and competing with other desirable resort districs in Lithuania like Ignalina, Zarasai and Trakai. The survey to evaluate exceptional geographical situation of country tourism farmsteads in the region was presented to the holders. The aim of the article is to analyse and summarize the most popular recreational services provided by the country tourism farmsteads in Klaipeda distric; to determine the inpact level of farmstead staff‘s hospitality to the overall success of the place; to propose the guidelines to the owners of farmsteads.The authors of the paper notice that not only the image of surrounding nature, buildings, lodgings, but as well people, working and providing services, are very important in success of the country tourism business. The analysis of the recreation services in Klaipeda distric has showed that it is more popular to organize active recreation than passive, and there are more than 30 different names of extra recreation activity. Coming from the results obtained from the servey according to the country tourism activity in... [to full text]