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Tourism being fastest growing economic activity in the world has the tendency to boost or uplift socio economic status of even economically backward areas. Needless to mention tourism over the period of time has evolved as a major industry designing the economic outlook of a nation. The Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir is home to variate tourist spots and pilgrimage centres of almost all the major faiths of the world. Subsequently this state has been enticing numberless pilgrims from every nook and corner of the world and consequently pilgrimage tourism has become the backbone of economy…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Tourism being fastest growing economic activity in the world has the tendency to boost or uplift socio economic status of even economically backward areas. Needless to mention tourism over the period of time has evolved as a major industry designing the economic outlook of a nation. The Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir is home to variate tourist spots and pilgrimage centres of almost all the major faiths of the world. Subsequently this state has been enticing numberless pilgrims from every nook and corner of the world and consequently pilgrimage tourism has become the backbone of economy of this hilly region. The present book deals in detail the motivational factors and experiences of the pilgrims visiting holy shrines Mata Vashino Devi, Shahdara Sharief and Amarnath. Notwithstanding the fact that pilgrimage tourism has influenced the socio-cultural and economic domain of Jammu and Kashmir. The book is expected to emulate to the requirement of the students, academicians, research scholars, policy makers, Yatris/tourists and those who have chosen Pilgrimage as their field of study and research.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Mohammad Ashfaq is a promising researcher from district Poonch of J&K. He did his M.A. Geography from AMU Aligarh and Ph D from Jammu University. He is author of ten books viz Geography of Asia with special reference to India; Geography of India Climate and Ocean; Human and Resource Geography,etc. are well acclaimed as text and reference books.