• Deepthi Laiju
• Rinu Mathew

ABSTACT: Pilgrimage can be coined as a form of journey which provide an opening for the people to visit blist places and is a feature common to more or less societies. Pilgrimage whether religious or secular, is experiencing resurgence around the world. Experiencing resurgence around the globe includes the motives for pilgrimage activities during the pilgrimage and also the influence of tourism on it. Tourism is now well recognised as an engine of growth in the various economics in the world. It has largely contributed towards the economic growth and development. Tourism nowadays acted as tool for employment generation, poverty eradication and development of the whole economy and also ensure substantial cum development. In the present scenario tourism is treated as an inevitable segment of countries economic development especially in terms of foreign exchange earnings , generation of additional incomes, inculcation of foreign values, employment generation etc.

Pilgrimage tourism, Economic impact, Social impact, Environmental impact.

"SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PILGRIMAGE TOURISM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.40-43, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812507.pdf

"SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PILGRIMAGE TOURISM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp40-43, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812507.pdf