Educational tourism and its impact: a case study from Kanchipuram, Chennai, India

Archaeology, the root for the identification of ancient culture and civilization has been playing a most pivotal role in the development of mankind since time immemorial. Kanchipuram, an important heritage site of Southern India reflects its rich ancient glory and popularity for the production of traditional Kanchi Silk Sarees and Water Bird Sanctuary of beautiful natural sustainability. During the time of the Pallavas, it flourished as a port town and a centre of Roman trades carried out from the Bay of Bengal. Kanchipuram has been the source of Educational Tourism and a centre of attraction for the people of India in general and tourists from abroad in particular for its many heterogeneous tourist sites. Mahabalipuram presently known as Mammallapuram and some other relics depict the aesthetic descriptions of the Dravidian temple style of architecture and the Pallava art which have been a religious heritage and a pillar of educational tourism since long back. This paper attempts to study the prospects of the historical and archaeological treasure of tourism so far existed at Kanchipuram and the scruples of Educational Tourism needed for a prosperous living as well as for the betterment of human phylum.