• YADAV KRUNALKUMAR DHANSUKHBHAI
• PROF. JAGRUTI SHAH
• AR. JEMISH LATHIYA

Tourism at hill station plays very important role in the industry of tourism development. The famous hill stations of India are Leh-Ladakh, Shimla, Kullu, Manali, Lavasa, Mahabaleshwar, Coorge, Dalhousie which are very well developed hill stations. In this paper the study on Saputara hill station is selected. Saputara is the only hill station of Gujarat with the beautiful & scenic natural beauty. When tourist visit any of the hill station they need facilities like food, hotels, tourism infrastructure and more services for their leisure. It contributes directly or indirectly in the overall growth of GDP of the state and the nation. Also contributes in the overall growth and development of the local – tribal people. But Saputara is not as much as developed in compared to other hill station. Saputara need to be developed as eco-tourism place. This paper contains the problems which Saputara is facing. This paper is concluded with suggestion an eco-tourism development suggestion of Saputara.

Tourism, Eco-tourism, Tourism industry, Hill tourism, Contribution to employment.

"Ecotourism Planning for the Greenfield Land – A Case Study of Saputara", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.465-470, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903D75.pdf

"Ecotourism Planning for the Greenfield Land – A Case Study of Saputara", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp465-470, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903D75.pdf