The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Tourism to the Kartarpur Corridor

The aim of this paper is to analyse the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religious tourism in the Kartarpur Gurdwara Corridor between the Punjab States of Pakistan and India. The corridor was opened as a peace building initiative 72 years after the partition of India-Pakistan. In November...

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Published in:The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Authors: Haq, Farooq (Author) ; Medhekar-Smith, Anita 1962- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology 2022
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 36-46
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kartarpur-Korridor / Sikhism / Spiritual tourism / COVID-19 (Disease) / Pandemic / Socioeconomic system
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Pakistan
B Covid-19
B economic impact
B Kartarpur
B responsible tourism
B Religious Tourism
B India
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