Potential and prospects of buddhist tourism in India Gupta Kriti, Ph.D., Research Scholar, Sharma Rajeev, Ph.D., Research Scholar Department of Tourism & Hotel Management, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra Online published on 21 November, 2013. Abstract Travel is an integral part of human life. Since old times, people have been travelling from one place to another. The motives for travelling have varied from time to time. Initially the search was for food, then trade, pilgrimage, later education, exploration. Most of the travel that takes place today is for leisure, recreation of the body and the mind. Expansion of Buddhism and its introduction in this new field of tourism can take the experience of mental peace to a new level. In todays restless social life preaching's of Lord Buddha is like sanjeevani (life saver) for whole mankind. In this article we have tried to find out the potentiality and opportunities of Buddhist tourism in India with special reference to its present performance. No doubt there are lots of potential but also several problems associated with this. Paper also focuses on this aspect. It is entirely based on secondary data. Top Keywords Buddhism, Buddhist Tourism, Potential, Prospects. Top |