摘要：The tourism contributed near about 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% to the total employment in India. There are more than 5 million annual foreign tourist arrivals and 562 million domestic tourist visits. According to both World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the World Travel Tourism Council (WTTC) the travel and tourism industry is the largest industry in the world. India is an enchanting destination with many captivating images, history and culture. Recent trends indicate that India is fast emerging as the favoured tourist destination of South East Asia. There were over 922 million international tourist arrivals in 2008, with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to 944 billion in 2008, which is near about 1.8% increase and in future it goes on increasing. In above concerned, the aim of present paper is to assess the tourism potential in some selected tourist spots in Satara District. This involves the study of socio-economic transformation caused by the development of tourism industry. Besides that, the present paper also determines the environmental impact of tourism on that selected spots. The focus of the present paper is also to identify the problems created due to tourism. And after identifying the problems, some measures are suggested for the proper management of tourist spots.
关键词：domestic tourists;pilgrim site;socio-economic transformation;environmental impact of tourism
