MTDC with TERI to make Maharashtra's Agro Tourism sector sustainable

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) and The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) will devise a plan to make the state’s Agro Tourism sector sustainable by incorporating various green infrastructure models, ranging from the use of renewable energy to harvesting rainwater. Tourists will be able to opt for a vacation in 90 Agro Tourism centres spread across the state and earn ‘green’ brownie points as well.  

According to a report in Hindustan Times, an extension of Eco Tourism, Agricultural Tourism or Agro Tourism, is a holiday concept of living on an agricultural farm and experiencing rural life, including riding a bullock cart, eating farm produce or simply working in the fields alongside farmers.