*Assistant Professor, Tourism Management, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Gayatrikunj-Shantikunj, Haridwar-249411, Uttarakhand, India
**Chief Co-coordinator, Tourism Management, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Gayatrikunj-Shantikunj, Haridwar-249411, Uttarakhand, India
Online published on 21 September, 2017.
Travel for spiritual reason has been taking place since a long time. Visiting religious place has been one of the earliest motivators for traveling. A large number of people are making pilgrimages to religious or holy places. This practice is widespread in many part of the world. As Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, spirituality has had a powerful impact on human society through religious movements and institutions for well over three thousand years.
The present investigation shows the social & spiritual impact of spiritual tourism. 50 visitors have been taken as a sample by accidental sampling for this study. Self-made questionnaire has been used a tool. To access the effect of spiritual activities run by Shantikunj for enhance of social-spiritual values. The design has been used to collect the data-result shows significant effect of activities run by shantikunj on visitors. It is very necessary to crease the spiritual activities.
