• Uma Pandey

Because of its intrinsic natural characteristics, caves have the potential to lure different type of tourists. They can primarily be developed around the world as a resource for income generation and developing local communities. Tourists visit caves for various purposes like education / research, socialization, adventure, science. Caves can be important for tourism if properly harnessed as it will boost the local community's social and economic well-being and also the protection of biodiversity and the environment. This paper explores the cave tourism resources of Madhya Pradesh. The study uses secondary data, and descriptively analyses them. Marketing caves as a source of nature tourism can help the government to generate the revenue from tourism as well as help to increase awareness about environmental education, specifically those associated with caves

Cave, tourism, development, local community

"Cave Tourism in the Heart of India: A Study of Madhya Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.1179-1188, December 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDT06193.pdf

"Cave Tourism in the Heart of India: A Study of Madhya Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp1179-1188, December 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDT06193.pdf