Vol. 12, Special Issue 9 (2023)

Author(s):
Swati Suman, Vineeta Chandra, Atanu Deb and Sameer Mahapatro

Abstract:
Agro-tourism is an emerging trend in the field of agriculture as well as Indian tourism industry. Agro-tourism is closely related to rural tourism and eco-tourism. It refers to the set of activities offered to the tourist at agricultural farm such as horse riding, milking etc. which leads to income generation. It has enormous scope in India as major population of India depends on agriculture. It is sustainable way of development. It can also change the economic face of traditional agriculture. Agro-tourism as an enterprise also faces many challenges such as lack of knowledge of farmers, lack of governmental support etc. There are several policy implications suggested to promote agro-tourism i.e., government support, subsidies, expert guidance etc.