Journal of Progressive Agriculture
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Dooars India: A potential place of farm or rural tourism: a review

  • Author:
  • Ganesh Das
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 148 to 151

Cooch Behar Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya Pundibari, Cooch Behar. Email: ganesh.ext@gmail.com

Online published on 17 November, 2016.

Abstract

Farm tourism is the Farm households engage in rural tourism by offering small-scale, high-quality accommodations and/or by developing tourist attractions, such as farm tours, rural festivals and more. Rural tourism will emerged as an important instrument for sustainable human development including poverty alleviation, employment generation, environmental regeneration and development. The study was conducted at dooars area of Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Coochbehar District of West Bengal, India. The respondents were selected from rural people and from the tourist. The sample sizes were 200 in case of selection rural people and 50 in case of selection of tourist. The objective of the study was to identify the threat and opportunity of the dooars area for making farm tourism place. Descriptive research design was followed to obtain pertinent and precise information.

Keywords

Farm, Rural, Tourism, employment, sustainable