The nature of tourism and tourists/pilgrims` inflow in Uttarakhand Himalaya

Authors : Vishwambhar Prasad SATİ

Pages : 115-124

Doi:10.31822/jomat.731386

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Publication Date : 2020-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The Uttarakhand Himalaya is bestowed with numerous places of tourists/pilgrims` interest. Mainly four types of tourism are practiced – natural, cultural insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(pilgrimage);, wildlife/park, and adventurer tourism. This paper examines the nature of tourism and tourists/pilgrims’ inflow in the natural locales, pilgrimages, and administrative towns/cities in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Data on tourists/pilgrims’ inflow in these tourist places and pilgrimages insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2000-2018); were gathered from the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council, Uttarakhand. The data were analyzed based on three types of places of tourists/pilgrims` interest. The paper is divided into three sub-sections – trends of tourists/pilgrims’ inflow insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(domestic and foreign); in all the places, domestic/foreign tourists’ inflow in the natural locales/administrative towns/cities, and pilgrims’ inflow insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(domestic and foreign); in the highland and the valleys pilgrimages. It has been observed that pilgrims’ inflow is higher in the pilgrimages than the tourists’ inflow in the natural locales and administrative towns/cities. Further, the two pilgrimages of the river valley – Rishikesh and Haridwar received more than 50% pilgrims during the period 2000-2018. The author observed that the trend of tourists/pilgrims’ inflow is not uniformed in all the tourists/pilgrims destinations. It has been observed that natural disasters, inaccessibility, and lacking infrastructural facilities have influenced the tourists/pilgrims’ in flow in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.
Keywords : Nature of tourism, Tourists pilgrims, Natural locales, Pilgrimages, Uttarakhand Himalaya