BUDDHIST MONASTIC TREK CIRCUIT AMIDST OF A GEOTOURISM LANDSCAPE: A STUDY IN THE VICINITY OF KHANGCHENDZONGA NATIONAL PARK IN INDIA

Tourism has been introduced in Khangchendzonga National Park and its surroundings based on its outstanding natural and cultural resources. It is a sacred Buddhist landscape endowed with geotourism potentials. This paper aims to evaluate the scope of symbiosis between Buddhist tourism and geotourism...

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Published in:Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites 2020, Vol.31 (3), p.1135-1145
Main Authors: CHAKRABARTY, Premangshu, SADHUKHAN, Sanjoy Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buddhism
buddhist heritage
Cultural heritage
Culture
Empowerment
intangible
Metamorphism
National parks
Pilgrimages
Religion
sacred
Sustainability
sustainable
Symbiosis
tangible
Tourism
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Summary:Tourism has been introduced in Khangchendzonga National Park and its surroundings based on its outstanding natural and cultural resources. It is a sacred Buddhist landscape endowed with geotourism potentials. This paper aims to evaluate the scope of symbiosis between Buddhist tourism and geotourism applying GIS and SWOT with emphasis on evaluation of the values of existing tangible and intangible heritages. Results address the research gap on sustainable utilization of a geotourism landscape which is more familiar as a landscape of Buddhist heritage in tourism industry for incredible metaphors that glorified it as sacred.
ISSN:2065-1198
2065-0817
2065-1198
DOI:10.30892/gtg.31327-550