APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND TOURISM POTENTIAL OF FORTS IN RAIGAD DISTRICT Authors: Harpale Dattatraya V* And Harane Smita S
ABSTRACT
India is a developing nation. Tourism is one of the sectors supporting to national economy e.g.
Southeast Asian Countries like Singapore, Switzerland, Hong-Kong, Maldives have tourism-based
economy. Tourism industry is rapidly growing tertiary activities in India. Geographical variation
provides greater scope for the tourism development in Maharashtra. Maharashtra has four
physiographic divisions namely Plateau region, Wester Ghat and Kokan region. Theses physiographic
variation provides lots of places of interest in the states. In this present research work geographic
information system and tourist information system is used for the development of potential tourism
site in Raigad districts of Maharashtra states. Present study is useful for the researcher, planners,
government officer, administrator, geographer, economist etc. Such study will be helpful to provide
employment opportunities, regional development, infrastructure facilities, health facilities, sustainable
tourism, and ecotourism in the study region.
Keywords: Tourist Information System (TIS), GIS, planner Publication date: 15/01/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/January/MS_IJBPAS_2022_JAN_SPCL_1046.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.1046