Planning for urbanization in religious tourism destinations: insights from Shirdi, India
This paper examines the urbanization process in religious tourism destinations using the example of Shirdi in India. Shirdi, a town dedicated to worship of a twentieth-century Saint Sai Baba, attracts more than eight million visitors every year. The paper explains how religious tourism economy drives rapid urbanization including demographic change and land-use conversion owing to the infrastructure needs of visitors. It is found that planning mechanisms including the conventional master plan approach have been ineffective in adequately responding to issues such as the proliferation of unauthorized commercial establishments, hotels, lodging and boarding houses; strained infrastructure; and environmental pollution that characterize urbanization in religious tourism destinations.
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- © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
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Authors:
- Shinde, Kiran A
- Publication Date: 2017-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 132-151
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Serial:
- Planning Practice and Research
- Volume: 32
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
- ISSN: 0269-7459
- Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cppr20
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: City planning; Culture (Social sciences); Economic analysis; Land use; Tourism; Urbanization
- Geographic Terms: India
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01837856
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 28 2022 9:42AM