I J R S S I S, Vol. V (1), Jan 2017: 86-95 ISSN 2347 – 8268 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND INFORMATION STUDIES © VISHWASHANTI MULTIPURPOSE SOCIETY (Global Peace Multipurpose Society) R. No. MH-659/13(N) www.vmsindia.org IM PORTANT HISTORICAL TOURISM DESTINATIONSIN MAHARASHTRA [INDIA]:A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY Hemant R. Sawant De partme nt of Geography, Vishw asraoNaik Arts, Commerce , & Baba Naik Scie nce Mahavidyalaya, Shirala. Mobile : 7385345658, 9766231392 hsaw
[email protected] Abstract: A traveller is someone who moves between different ge ographic locations, for any purpose and any duration. Maharashtra is the state in the We st India, w hich has own glorious history. There are many famous tourist place s in Maharashtra like hill stations, re ligious places, historic place s, be ache s e tc. Famous Historical tourist place s are Bibi-Ka-Maqbara, Daulatabad Fort, Ellora Cave, Panchakkis, Soneri Mahal, Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, in Aurangabad, Mahabaleshw ar, Panchgani, Pune ,Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Shindudurg, Kolhapur and Nashik and so on. To study the important historical tourism de stinations is the main objective of this paper. This paper is e ntire ly based on se condary data, which is colle cted from various books, Journals, w ebsite s, ne wspapers, e tc. Maharashtra State is selected as a study region for this paper. The paper concluded that, the important historical tourism destinations are well developed to attract the tourists in w orldwide . Key w ords : Tourism, Tre velle r, locations, Fe stival, Re ligious, Caves, Chaturthi, celebrate. Preface: - Objective: - Maharashtra is a state with a rich and glorious The only objective of the present paper is to history and many historical sites are became study the famous historical tourism destination very rich tourism destinations nowadays.