Pilgrimage Tourism in a Pilgrim Centre in Assam

Pilgrimage tourism is one of the key subjects for driving the tourist footfall in pilgrim sites and is more of a destination-oriented theme. However, there are several elements that pose serious challenges to this phenomenon. Hence, there is an urgent need for undertaking a study to comprehend and examine the challenges of pilgrimage tourism and to offer suggestions to neutralize the challenges and issues associated with it. The current study was undertaken with two objectives: firstly, to identify the challenges of pilgrimage tourism in Kamakhya Temple – a pilgrim centre in Assam; and secondly, to present feasible suggestions to overcome the challenges of pilgrimage tourism in Kamakhya Temple in Assam. To fulfil the objectives, the study adopted secondary data for analysis along with anecdotal evidence to derive key insights about the objectives. Moreover, an extensive literature review was done by analyzing the journal articles and various published reports within the reach of the researcher.