Economic Impact of Religious Tourism In Uttarakhand
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.66635/jpn40x15Keywords:
Spirituality, Tourism, Hindu pilgrimageAbstract
Tourism has been globally recognized as one of the important economic and employment generating activities. Some countries enjoy the good fortune of being a hub of spiritual activities that attract tourism from all over the world apart from the domestic tourism. The Vatican City, the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, India, Maldives etc. are some such countries whose economics are greatly dependent on the spiritual heritage. Uttarakhand is also known for its spiritual establishments. Thus, it is reasonable to analyses the impact of religious tourism in the context of the state’s economy of Uttarakhand is a state in North Indian region of Himalayas. The state is popularly known as Devbhumi (land of Gods) due to the presence of numerous Hindu pilgrimage sites. As a result, religious tourism forms a major portion of the tourists in the state. Spiritual Tourism in general, has recently become an important subject of research in social and business areas. Pilgrim tourism is the most revenue generated field for Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand has outstanding tourism Products and has potential to become a major tourism destination. The state has a greater value for domestic tourism because of its religious sites and it also provides economic and livelihood means to the people of uttarakhand. The current study presents a brief review of present status of religions tourism in Uttarakhand State.
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