Write short note : Agro-tourism

Answer: Agro-tourism means tourism in which tourists visit farms and villages to experience rural life and farming.

• Tourists stay on farms, take part in activities like ploughing, sowing, harvesting, milking and bullock-cart rides, and enjoy local food.
• It acquaints city people, especially children, with agriculture, village life, folk culture and nature.
• It gives farmers an additional source of income and creates local employment.
• The Government of Maharashtra encourages agro-tourism, and many such centres have developed in the state.