Assessment of Agro - Tourism Potential in Pune District

ISBN-13: 9786205522639 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str.

Dr. Savita S. Thorat; Dr. Shatrughan D. Thorat; Dr. Smita S. Harane

Opis

Agro-tourism has a combined theme of agriculture and rural life. It is connected with customs, beliefs, nature and culture. Agro-tourism includes various activities such as buying a product from a farm stand, fruit picking or feeding animals, and staying on a farm (Taware, 2015). Agriculture is the most important occupation but today it has become unprofitable due to the irregular monsoon, Prices fluctuations of Agro-Products and some internal weaknesses in the agriculture sector. Hence, Agro-tourism is needed to do some innovative activities in agriculture, which will help farmers and rural peoples. Agro-tourism is one alternative for improving the incomes and potential economic viability of small farms and rural communities. Maharashtra is the first state in India, which had started an Agro-tourism centre on a commercial basis. Whereas in the Pune district, Pandurang Taware started an Agro-tourism centre at Palshi, Baramati, in 2005. Today, Pune district has the highest number of Agro-tourism centres in Maharashtra and India.

O autorze

1) Dr. Savita S. Thorat: Commerce, Saraswati Mandir Night College, Pune, India. 2) Prof. Dr. Shatrughan D. Thorat: Geography, Dattatray Govindrao Walse Patil College Pargaon Pune India 3) Dr. Smita S. Harane: Botany, MPH Arts, Science & Commerce College, Malegaon Nashik.4) Dr. Dattatraya V. Harpale: Geography, HPT Arts & RYK Science College, Nashik