SPORT-TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN KOKAN AND WESTERN GHATS: CONSTRAINTS AND POSSIBILITIES

Mane S. R., Gajmal N. B.

Abstract


The tourism industry has started to recognize sport tourism as global industry since 2001. The sport tourism is the experience of travel to engage in or view sport-related activities, as an important market. Sport-based travel has grown dramatically over the past two decades but it has only recently become the focus of concentrated academic inquiry. Western Ghats is along the state coastline offer great opportunity for the sport-tourism like competitive sailing, jet skiing, water craft, Scuba Diving for sporting on the one hand and on the other hand means of interior Ghats section and Forts offers great climbs for the trek-oriented traveler  along with a sense of history.


Keywords


Tourism industry, Sport tourism, Western Ghats

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