RELATION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND TOURISTS’ PERCEPTION ABOUT PILGRIMAGE TOURISM – A STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO NORTH GUJARAT

Abstract

Modern tourism is not includes only religious and personal tourism but also business tourism, international tourism and intelligence tourism. Pilgrimage tourism plays very important role in tourism sector. “Religious tourism” highlights the travels triggered by religious sentiments. Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, people with Heart beliefs in religion travel to different places quite regularly. Millions of people all over the world undertake annual pilgrimages to different places of worship. This paper deals with relation between Education and tourists’ perception about pilgrimage tourism of North Gujarat region. North Gujarat is also having many pilgrimage cities so it is become very important to know the perception about pilgrimage tourism with reference to North Gujarat.