Religious Tourism: A Key to Strengthening India’s Influence with special Reference to Varanasi and Mathura

Abstract

It is evident that tourism is the most important and powerful segment to strengthen the economy of any country. It is one of the fastest growing Industries. It not only gives pleasure and leisure but also responsible to give million dollar business to any country.Now people wants to live peaceful life and want to keep their life free from stress. As a reason of which people are becoming religious and getting inclined towards religious tourism. In the last few years in India we have observed rapid advancements in the area of religious tourism. Various sites have become important religious tourism destinations in attracting tourists not only from India but also from all across the globe. India is a country which is known for its rich cultural heritage. Here, we found unity in diversity, lot of people with different religion, cast, creed and languages lives together which makes the country strong in terms of its religiousness and spirituality. This paper is an attempt to find out how tourism is a contributor to make the country India a delicate power and makes it strong. Here, we examined the three dimensions or indicators of the growth and development namely, economic, environment, and social-cultural issues caused by tourism in India. This research study used secondary data analysis at various tourism sites in India. The findings reveal that India is well recognized as a potential tourism.