Religious Tourism and its Potentialities in Bodoland Territorial Region

Religious Tourism and its Potentialities in Bodoland Territorial Region

Simanta Talukdar

Research Scholar, Centre for North East Studies

Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya, Nagaon, Assam

Abstract: The Bodoland Territorial Region is an important part of North-Western Assam. The Bodoland Territorial Region have been blessed with mesmerizing natural resources. The Bodoland Territorial Region is also blessed with traditional knowledge, cultural and pilgrimage sites too. Though the region is rich in terms of tourism industry, the region is still not properly explored yet. Due to lack of proper government attention and lack of local community involvement, this region is unexplored till date. The tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It generates employment opportunities and earns foreign exchanges. Nowadays, Religious tourism is one of the important parts of the tourism industry for most of the part of the world, especially for the countries like India. In Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), religious tourism is in a very initial stage of development. It needs more attention from the tourism department of the state and similarly from the central government to improve its facilities for the tourist or devotees who visits the sites. This paper attempts to highlight various potentialities related to religious tourism in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam.

Key words: Tourism, Religious Tourism, Bodoland, BTR, Community, Development