Pilgrimage tourism management with special reference to velankanni

Pilgrimage tourism is exclusively or strongly motivated for religious reasons. It is very oldest tourism in the worldwide phenomenon of religious history. In Velankanni, majority of domestic tourists are pilgrimage tourists (who come for pilgrimages), whose behaviour depends up on the exposure, which they have before visiting the place. The first dominant impression of tourists about this village is the pilgrimage notion like one of the most sacred cities for Christians, the abode of Jesus Christ and ghats along with the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean in Velankanni is the main attraction for all the visitors, but perceptual levels and degrees vary. Domestic pilgrimage tourists visiting Velankanni mainly involve in rituals and religious festivities, while foreign tourists enjoy recreation. The primary data collected are organized (and) explained with (the) help of statistical methods like MS Exel-97 and SPSS 10. The result of almost all the survey has been done for the period (over) 2010.The analysis and interpretation under different heads are discussed in the sequence.