Agro Tourism in West Bengal

Authors

  • Ananta Mohan Mishra Ramnagar College, Purba Medinipur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33516/maj.v51i2.40-47p

Abstract

Agro Tourism in India is at infant stage. This is one of the modern forms of tourism and offers an alternative to improve quality of life of rural society; generate revenues especially to the farmers and village people; contributes to the process preservation of biodiversity, culture and regional development; gender biasness reduced;already developed in the western countries; India has immense potential to promote and develop; West Bengal is lagging behind some other states namely, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and others; SWOT analysis demonstrates scope and potential to flourish Agro Tourism in West Bengal-Government support and entrepreneurial activities need to be concentrated. India has immense scope to flourish this business and the state of West Bengal has every possibility to become an agro tourism hub in the country if promoted and developed in a planned manner.

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Published

2016-02-01

How to Cite

Mishra, A. M. (2016). Agro Tourism in West Bengal. The Management Accountant Journal, 51(2), 40–47. https://doi.org/10.33516/maj.v51i2.40-47p

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Volume 51, Issue 2, February 2016

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