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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