Spiritual Tourism: A New Dimension for Sustainable Development for Tourism Industry (Special emphasis on Madhya Pradesh Spiritual tourism)
Dr varsha patel varsha patel
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Abstract
Spirituality, in general, has recently become an important subject of research in social and business areas. This has added a new dimension to the tourism industry, called spiritual tourism. and Consequently, there has been an increase in the awareness and research interest in the thematic field of spiritual tourism. Tourism is an age old activity associated with civilized nations. Thus, tourism literature too has a long history. However, there are few areas in tourism which have come to the domain of scientific investigation only recently. This paper emphasizes on the emergence of spiritual tourism oriented research activities and explores the potentials for future work in tourism research. Research publications on spiritual pilgrimage tourism appeared in five different journals and a few major conference proceedings since the year 1992 have been analyzed. This paper presents an analysis of the available and relevant literatures in the field of spiritual tourism with special emphasis on the Madhya Pradesh state of India. Madhya Pradesh Well known as the heart of India and Madhya Pradesh is Very rich for its Hospitality, its Beauty and for its spiritual tourism Destinations.
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