ABSTRACT
In recent
years, pilgrimage tourism has become very popular among pilgrims. Pilgrimage
Tourism to Shrine constitutes an important component of total tourism in and
has contributed effectively to the growth and development of the place. Every
year around 7 million pilgrims visit the Shrines in India which is influencing
the socio-economic environment of the region and the present paper is throwing
light on the economic impact of the pilgrimage tourism. This paper is based on
the methodology adopted for estimation of economic impact tourism. This article
explains and supports the idea that the economic impacts of religious tourism
should not be neglected or underestimated, although religious institutions have
traditionally attempted to downplay this in the past. Additionally, the paper
argues that religion and tourism have much in common. In the modern world it is
hard to ignore the impression that in most places of pilgrimage the profane
impacts of tourism are just as important if not more so than the religious.
This paper lends theoretical support to this argument.
Keywords:
religious tourism, economic impacts, pilgrimages.
Introduction
Pilgrimage
Tourism has emerged as an instrument for employment generation, poverty
alleviation and sustainable human development. Pilgrimage Tourism promotes
international understanding and gives support to local handicrafts and cultural
activities. It is an important segment of the country's economy, especially in
terms of its contribution towards foreign exchange earnings, generation of
additional income and creation of employment opportunities. The foreign
exchange earnings from tourism during the year 2000 were estimated at about Rs.
14,408 crores with an estimated direct employment of about 15 million, which is
about 2.4% of the total labor force of the country. Pilgrimage Tourism is the
third largest foreign exchange earner for India. The International tourist
traffic in the country is estimated to be 2.64 million during the year 2000.
However, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), India's share in
world tourism arrivals is only 0.38%, accounting for 0.62% of the world tourist
receipts. This indicates that much of the tourist potential is yet to be
tapped. With rapid advances in Science & Technology, tourism has acquired
the status of an industry in all industrialized countries. The high influx of
foreign tourist traffic has accelerated demand for certain economic production
and distribution activities. Pilgrimage Tourism has emerged as an industry next
in importance only to Information Technology industry in the Services sector.
By 2012, the contribution of pilgrimage Tourism to the world economy will be
doubled. The economic liberalization in India and consequent foreign investment
opportunities, development of tourist facilities including expansion in
air-line services, etc. provide an impetus for a spurt in tourist arrivals as
in South Asian regions. Domestic pilgrimage tourism plays a vital role in
achieving the national objectives of promoting social and cultural cohesion and
national integration. Its contribution to generation of employment is very
high. With the increase in income levels and emergence of a powerful middle
class, the potential for domestic pilgrimage tourism has grown substantially
during the last few years. Realising the importance of pilgrimage tourism, the
Government of Tamil Nadu has accorded high priority to pilgrimage tourism
promotion and has taken initiatives to improve/ create infrastructure in
tourism potential centres and geared to encourage private sector investment in
this regard.
OBJECTIVES
To study
about the pilgrimage tourism and its economic impacts
To identify
the social, cultural and economic impact of the pilgrimage tourism management
To study The
Positive and Negative,Social and Environmental Impacts of pilgrimage Tourism management
METHODOLOGY
The data for
this study were collected from local residents which engaged in tourism
activities.
tourists were
identified as a key factor in developing tourism in local communities. This
research is mainly based on secondary data such as broucher, pamplets,
books,news papers,internet,advertisement etc.
SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY:
The study
would contribute to identify the need for economic dimension in pilgrimage tourism.
Pilgrimage tourism helps in giving manifold economic benefits. The present
study will be designed as an conceptual one,. few places of Tamilnadu had
identified as places where high positive effects of pilgrimage tourism on
income, employment and standard of living of local residents in Tamilnadu had
analyzed here in this study. By studying this article it is possible to bring
out the various strategies required for making the pilgrimage tourism in
Tamilnadu a better destination in economic dimension. Further, this study may
be useful to other states also for tapping the pilgrimage potential.
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