Comparative Study of Spiritual Intelligence and Religiosity among Indian and Foreign Tourists in Religious Places in Uttarakhand

The present study is conducted on 70 tourists (35 Indian and 35 Foreign) in Haridwar and Rishikesh (Uttrakhand). The aims of the present study are to examine the level of spiritual intelligence and religiosity and to observe the relationship between these two variables. And also to identify the differences between Indian and foreign tourists at spiritual and religious level. Purposive sampling technique is used to select the sample from Haridwar and Rishikesh. Integrated Spiritual Intelligence Scale (ISIS) and general religiosity scale were used to observe the level of these variables among the tourists. The statistical analyses were done with the help of computer software SPSS. To observe relationship Pearson correlation and to find out the significance of the differences, t-test was used. Findings of the study revealed that there is no significant difference in level of spirituality in Indian and foreign tourists but there is difference in level of religiosity in Indian and foreign tourists. Indians were found to be significantly high on religiosity. No significant correlation has been found between spiritual intelligence and religiosity.