This paper attempts to shed more light on destination management and marketing organisations (DMMOs) from the context of
rural tourism. Moreover, where national tourism organisations established a liaison office at regional or state levels, their roles
seems to have been limited. In this circumstance, they are merely information offices to the visitors rather than local DMMOs
responsible for the management and marketing of rural destinations. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify the roles of
DMMOs, and hence develop a suitable framework for DMMOs in the context of rural tourism. This paper finds that DMMOs has
responsibilities for both management and marketing roles. These roles should be performed in collaboration with the rural
tourism destination stakeholders in order to achieve mutual benefits which include management of resources, marketing of
tourism products, positioning, host community well-being, brand building, and tourist loyalty to the rural destinations.