South Asian Journal of Marketing & Management Research
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 4

Origin and evolution of pilgrimage tourism management

  • Author:
  • S. Vijayanand
  • Total Page Count: 20
  • Page Number: 151 to 170

*Research Scholar, School of Management, Department of Tourism, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.

Online published on 29 September, 2017.

Abstract

At the beginning of this century, tourism was turning into a business, although it slackened in the first half of the century, owing to the two world wars. After these difficulties, tourism came to signify the personal transfer from one place to another for income, for the purposes of consumerism as the result of economic well being and technological progress. pilgrimage Tourism has led to the creation of new habits and different behavior and life models as well as a different conception of time. This article posits that pilgrimage tourism is a manifestation of the increasing acceptance of individuated formations of personal identity, evolution of pilgrimage tourism and the roles of pilgrimage tourism a way to explore concepts of truth, morality, and belief that are typically either ignored or not accepted. Some further insights can be gained by looking at the places visited by pilgrimage tourists. To further identify the pilgrimage tourists and analyze his/her purchasing behavior, there is a need to build a typology of pilgrimage tourists. The data for this study was collected from host population engaged in pilgrimage tourism activities. The extent of involvement of Pilgrimage tourists in pilgrimage tourism of Tamil Nadu is elucidated in this study. This research is mainly based on secondary data. Secondary data required for this study was collected from different authentic sources.

Keywords

Pilgrimage Tourism, Evolution, Tourists, Environment, Issues