Authors : S. N. Dalimbe and A. A. Landge
Page Nos : 01-11
Description :
Over the last two decades or so, the whole world has experienced rapid changes and socioeconomic transformations. The socioeconomic changes affected and caused severe stress mainly to isolated, peripheral and rural areas of the world. However, the changes in economic and social culture structure of the world caused decreased farm revenues, changing in the farmland values and high rates of unemployment, leading to mass exodus of the productive forces and lack of balance in the demographics of rural areas (Robinson H. 1996).
It is obvious from the above that the need of rural areas for socioeconomic development and regeneration along with the need for diversification of their economic base so as to meet the changes is today greater than ever. In that sense, tuned to be a promising industry and one of the main sectors that national and local governments support and promote as a vehicle for revitalization of the rural areas (Douglas Pearce 1987).
The development of rural tourism was followed by the changes on tourist’s demands and behavior. Tourism in rural areas offers the potentials for alternative, individual and more authentic tourism experiences satisfying the needs of the experienced and highly demanded “new†tourists. In addition there is a demand for tourism and recreation activities in the countryside that is different than that of traditional resorts and mass tourism destinations (Sharma A. 2008).The most important purpose of tourism development is economic and social development of the tourism areas. Certainly, tourism development would not bemet unless some expenses are being considered for it and in line with this purpose the village’senvironment may be put at risk. Bhandardharaareahas a diversity of rural residential areas and touristattraction sites, and the most attractive sites which enjoy a higher potential for tourism enter this study.
Keywords: Tourism, development, rural tourism, effects, positive, negative, Bhandardhara
