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Tourism for Welfare, Transformation, and Spiritual Development

Tourism for Welfare, Transformation, and Spiritual Development

Sarang Shirish Nandedkar
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466685741|ISBN10: 1466685743|EISBN13: 9781466685758
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8574-1.ch015
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Nandedkar, Sarang Shirish. "Tourism for Welfare, Transformation, and Spiritual Development." Current Issues and Emerging Trends in Medical Tourism, edited by Malcolm Cooper, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 206-217. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8574-1.ch015

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Nandedkar, S. S. (2015). Tourism for Welfare, Transformation, and Spiritual Development. In M. Cooper, K. Vafadari, & M. Hieda (Eds.), Current Issues and Emerging Trends in Medical Tourism (pp. 206-217). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8574-1.ch015

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Nandedkar, Sarang Shirish. "Tourism for Welfare, Transformation, and Spiritual Development." In Current Issues and Emerging Trends in Medical Tourism, edited by Malcolm Cooper, Kazem Vafadari, and Mayumi Hieda, 206-217. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8574-1.ch015

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Abstract

Awareness practices like yoga-spirituality-meditation-wellness and alternative lifestyles have the power to influence the course of tourism in today's world. The Global Vipassana Pagoda (GVP) in Mumbai attracts health and wellness tourists. This chapter looks at the Pagoda's non-commercial spiritual orientation, and the fact that it could be the first consciousness based approach of tourism management in the World. The operations are worth studying in the context of medical tourism as they involves social welfare, travel, conservation, eco-friendliness, voluntourism, and living harmoniously within the laws of nature (dharma). GVP is a living example of how tourists on one hand “WOW” their senses, and on the other, learn life transforming meditation techniques that have potential not only to make them happier, but also to lead them on the path of greatest health and wellness realization, in conjunction with their medical treatment in adjacent hospitals.

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