Dimensions of Spiritual Tourism in Tuiticorin District of Tamil Nadu in India - A Critical Analysis

Tourism is a fast growing industry which has vast and inexhaustible potentials to enhance national income, foreign exchange reserves and opportunities of employment to the growing millions or the countries. The size and economic significance of travel and tourism have attracted the attention of many countries in actively promoting tourism as a way to stimulate their economies. The world tourism organization has recognized the potential of tourism sector for the purpose of poverty alleviation by increased job creation; consequently, many developing countries are improving their tourism planning and developments approaches. The objective of this research article is to study the satisfaction level of tourist and determinants of spiritual tourism and problems faced by tourist in Tuiticorin district. The number of samples collected for this study is 150 tourists and the type of sampling used is convenient sampling. Simple percentage analysis, chi-square test and Garret ranking technique have been employed for the purpose of analyzing the data. Some of the major findings regarding the problems faced by the tourists include: pollution and lack of cleanliness, beggars nuisance, lack of sanitary facility and exploitation by taxi and vehicle operators. This study will be relevant and significant to the present Indian scenario.