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Year: 2025, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-39

Original Article

Role of Government in the Development of World Heritage Ajanta Tourist Place in Maharashtra, India

Received Date:03 June 2025, Accepted Date:08 June 2025

Abstract

Tourism is a business that influences of economic and social situation of a country. Many economic changes are seen due to tourism in tourist destinations in the country. Government of India is taking many measures for the growth and development of tourism in India. Although the overall number of tourists has increased due to this initiative of the Indian administration, its share in global tourism is not much. India's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (ITTCI) and World Economic Forum (WEF) report gives a detailed idea of India's tourism have improved and which still need to improvement. Apart from the local benefits, the Ajanta tourist destination also benefits to the country. Ajanta tourism center is very important for the economic progress of the country. In order for the country to benefit economically from tourism, there should be some facilities, infrastructure, concessions, development plans, and government policies at the local and country level, government and administrative level. It is necessary to understand the good and bad effects of government policies and measures regarding Ajanta Tourism Center. Government's role in Ajanta tourism has positive effects. Local people, businesses and tourists are the benefits of the government's role. Overall, this leads to the development of tourism and the country.

Keywords: MTDC, WEF, ITTCI

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Copyright

© 2025 Suryawanshi & Patil. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Published By Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka

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