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The Economic Effects of Spiritual Tourism in India and Pakistan

The Economic Effects of Spiritual Tourism in India and Pakistan

Farooq Haq, Anita Medhekar
ISBN13: 9781522526599|ISBN10: 1522526595|EISBN13: 9781522526605
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2659-9.ch004
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Haq, Farooq, and Anita Medhekar. "The Economic Effects of Spiritual Tourism in India and Pakistan." Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions, edited by Umar Benna and Indo Benna, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 66-86. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2659-9.ch004

APA

Haq, F. & Medhekar, A. (2018). The Economic Effects of Spiritual Tourism in India and Pakistan. In U. Benna & I. Benna (Eds.), Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions (pp. 66-86). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2659-9.ch004

Chicago

Haq, Farooq, and Anita Medhekar. "The Economic Effects of Spiritual Tourism in India and Pakistan." In Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions, edited by Umar Benna and Indo Benna, 66-86. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2659-9.ch004

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Abstract

This conceptual study builds on the argument that urbanisation is driving economic development and innovation in various industries including tourism. One of the recently recognised innovation in tourism is the business of spiritual tourism. This chapter is based on a study on spiritual tourism in India and Pakistan as an innovation linked with urbanisation of tourism. The aim of this chapter is to present the link between economic indicators that are associated with urbanisation of spiritual tourism based on people, places and events. The discussion analyses the economic perspectives of tourism urbanisation in literature review and provides an understanding of spiritual tourism as a tourism innovation. Findings of this research indicate five economic indicators with respect to spiritual tourism as a tourism innovation. Future research direction highlights need for an empirical study with spiritual tourists in India and Pakistan to ascertain urbanisation effect on spiritual tourism innovation.

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