Between March 7 and 13, the annual International Yoga Festival is taking place in Rishikesh. This year, however, it will be exclusively online. It is pertinent to think about yoga tourism, particularly when it comes to Rishikesh, now.
In 2018-19, 87.5 million (12.75 %) of India’s job share was located in its travel and tourism sector. This includes direct and indirect employment. It is said that yoga’s tourism unites the world for sustainable development. This is complicated. For example, as tourism indicators rise, other dimensions fall.
At least, this is what the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report explains. While it ranks India at the 40th place among 136 nations, specific categories include…