Identifying different needs correctly for a sustainable rural revival/development is necessary. Although tourism allows the reconstruction of rural areas, it requires a zonal approach for the sustainability of tourism and resources. The rural development strategies to be built up on the tourism axis must be harmonious with the local genuine identity and have content that can directly solve the problems that are likely to occur. By identifying the criteria for these strategies, the questioning about different conditions that may emerge in the dynamic process of tourism development can be fulfilled more easily. In this study, comprehensive physical, social, economic, and historical research and determinations were put forward in Konya-Meram Kilistra and the surrounding sample area, and tourism-oriented rural area development strategies detailed with sub-criteria in accordance with the basic factors were evaluated using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). It is aimed to ascertain the most appropriate option in a planning process related to tourism development and rural revival. Interventions to be planned based on the results will provide economic and social revitalization in the entire region, enable the evaluation of the preservation of rural integrity, increase the level of livability in the region, make the region a center of attraction, and regulate the terms of use and protection.