• Samruddhi Tayal
• Ar. Vidya Singh

Tourism is perceived as a growth engine in the different economies of the world. Different ideologies and types of tourism are followed all over the world, which also afloat in India like Health tourism, Sports tourism, Medical tourism, Ecotourism, Sustainable tourism, and Accessible tourism. Nowadays the concept of conventional tourism has been changed. A few new ranges of tourism have risen like Agro- Tourism. Agro-tourism is a way of sustainable tourism development and multi-activity in country regions through which the visitor has the opportunity to urge awareness around rural areas, agricultural occupations, local items, conventional food, the lifestyle of the rural individuals, as well as their social elements and traditions. The agro-tourism industry requires genuine management of planning and control to preserve sustainable development. Chhattisgarh is one of the youngest states of central India and contains a part of tourism potential but still, it is slacking behind financial advancement. The paper gives an overall perception of agro-tourism, its opportunities, challenges, and architects' role in planning and designing agro-tourism in India through architectural interventions. The study is done using qualitative research methodology with descriptive and comparative analysis of various agro-tourism projects across different states of India. The study results found that the agro-tourism in Chhattisgarh can be designed according to the local context. The study provides reasonable overviews of architectural interventions of agro-tourism for those who want to develop and operate agro-tourism projects, as architecture not only possess the interesting characteristics of a place but also corresponds with the way of thinking by maintaining the spirit of a place as well as the spirit of contemporary life.

Agro-tourism, Architectural design, Architectural interventions, Chhattisgarh

"Agro-tourism- Typology Study and Architectural interventions with reference to Chhattisgarh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no.1154-1163, April-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104359.pdf

"Agro-tourism- Typology Study and Architectural interventions with reference to Chhattisgarh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no. pp1154-1163, April-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104359.pdf