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Planning for urbanization in religious tourism destinations: insights from Shirdi, India

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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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  • Kiran A. Shinde, 2017. "Planning for urbanization in religious tourism destinations: insights from Shirdi, India," Planning Practice & Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(2), pages 132-151, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:32:y:2017:i:2:p:132-151
    DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2016.1198197
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    1. Jianjun Liu & Haili Pan & Shiyong Zheng, 2019. "Tourism Development, Environment and Policies: Differences between Domestic and International Tourists," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Ming Hao & Gang Li & Changyou Chen & Liutao Liang, 2022. "A Coupling Relationship between New-Type Urbanization and Tourism Resource Conversion Efficiency: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-24, October.
    3. Zouni, Georgia & Digkas, Dimitrios, 2019. "Marketing suggestions for multi-religious tourism development: The case of Thessaloniki," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 5(2), pages 36-42.
    4. Zouni, Georgia & Digkas, Dimitrios, 2019. "Marketing suggestions for multi-religious tourism development: The case of Thessaloniki," MPRA Paper 98042, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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