A Study Ecotourism Places in Patan Tehsil of Satara District

Abstract

               Tourism is an important economic activity in the present era. The Developing Countries like India have potential of Ecotourism due to their tropical and variable climates. Ecotourism in India is emerging to develop the area of tourism. Patan tehsil in Satara District of Maharashtra have the ideal location in relation to the eastern slope of Western Ghats region. The Eco tourist destinations in this tehsil are in the potential state. To delineate the potentiality it is calculated through Development Index. As a result it is the potential place for Ecotourism. This tehsil have variety of Eco tourist attraction i.e., Hill forts and trekking trails. These destinations need the proper development plans and capital.