India's Buddhist circuit(s): A growing investment market for a "rising" Asia

With the growing economic rise of Asia most of the international spotlight has focused on the rapid growth and industrialisation spearheaded by China and India, with little attention on the role of India's robust religious tourism market that remains a vital part of its economic growth. In rece...

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主要作者: Geary, David 1976- (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: [2018]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2018, 卷: 6, 發布: 1, Pages: 47-57
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 印度 / 佛教 / Spiritueller Tourismus / 朝聖 / Tourismusmarketing
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
ZA Social sciences
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總結:With the growing economic rise of Asia most of the international spotlight has focused on the rapid growth and industrialisation spearheaded by China and India, with little attention on the role of India's robust religious tourism market that remains a vital part of its economic growth. In recent years, the development and promotion of religious circuits has become a cornerstone of India's tourism marketing campaign that aims to capture both domestic and foreign exchange earnings. To explore the relationship between tourism and India's religious circuits further, this article examines the role of India's Buddhist circuit and how a series of sacred places have become part of a larger commoditised itinerary and networked geography. The article also looks at some of the tensions surrounding the ritual activities associated with Buddhist pilgrimage, how the government looks to regulate and reproduce a sacred geography, and the role of cross-border cultural and economic processes in shaping Buddhist heritage in the early twenty-first century.
ISSN:2009-7379
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.21427/D7PT46