Avahan: A Journal on Hospitalty and Tourism

Akhilesh Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Tourism, Uttarakhand Open University, Haldwani (Nainital), Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

The Buddhist cultural heritage has a long and special history of dates back more than 2,500 years and actually unites most of south, south-east and east-Asia. The influence of Buddhism can be seen across all Asian countries in terms of history and culture. Buddhism is a religion, which arose in and around ancient Magadh (Bihar), India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautam, who is widely known as Gautam Buddha. The Buddha (Awakened one) was a historical figure who is generally believed to have lived from about 563 to 483 BC. The Buddhist Circuit includes all high significant holy sites of Buddhism religion; where Lord Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, preached first sermon and reached at Nirvana. Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar are the primary pilgrimage places of Buddhist Circuit in India associated with the life and teachings of Lord Buddha. There are numerous other sites where Buddha travelled during his life. Today, visitors can travel through this Buddhist Circuit to savour the splendid beauty and great appeal of Buddhism religion. Around six million people practice Buddhism religion in India, fewer than either follower of Christianity or Sikhism religion. There are thousands of historically and spiritually important established destinations turned to become the great centres of national and international tourists. The present research paper attempts to discuss the experiences of the interviewed tourists mainly their satisfaction on quality of used services at the selected Buddhist Circuit destinations.

Keywords

Buddhism, Religion, Buddha, Buddhist Circuit, Tourist.

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Akhilesh Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Tourism, Uttarakhand Open University, Haldwani (Nainital), Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

In the ancient era, India remained as one of the biggest centres of education and learning. Takshashila, Nalanda and Vikramshila became the oldest Universities of the world. These institutions did not attract the attention of domestic scholars alone but International scholars too. Accordingly, the great teachers and the students such as Kautilya, Xunzang, Fa-Hien etc. of ancient times, set the new academic heights in the academic world. Unfortunately, during the phases of time, all such big and internationally renowned centres of learning got destroyed and burnt by foreign attackers.

In the changing scenario, in spite of having hundreds of central, state, private and deemed universities, we are missing top position in the world ranking of education. High budget students prefer to study in foreign universities. However, the present research paper mainly attempts to highlight the working life and job satisfaction of tourism teachers working in Government and Non-Government Academic institutions. As we are aware that the Tourism is one of the youngest and fastest growing industry and to fulfil its professional's demand, tourism as a discipline is being taught in most of the Government and Non-Government educational institutions. By and large, in the Government sector, due to lack of adequate quality resources, career and environment, teachers prefer to teach in private institutions. The emerging differences in work culture, salary paid and per day working hours are raising dissatisfaction among the teachers teaching in these institutions which turn to become the major challenge to retain the good teachers in these institutions for the betterment of the student beneficiaries.

Keywords

University, Teachers, Education, Satisfaction, Government.

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Akhilesh Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism, Uttarakhand Open University, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

The COVID-19 or Corona Virus Disease 2019 belongs to the family of Corona Viruses. It was first identified in the Wuhan city of China in December 2019. COVID-19 strained and enforced the governments of all affected Nations to shut down everything. Accordingly, from March to April most of the countries and its citizens observed complete lockdown. It had affected even production houses too. It is assumed that tourism is the first affected, most affected and the industry that will recover in last, therefore, among all affected sectors, it is believed that tourism is the worst affected industries of the world. In India, first COVID-19 case was reported on 30th January 2020. Every year, the peak season for international tourists fall in the months between October to March, therefore, the COVID-19 had affected the Indian tourism industry from February to March of the year 2020 and it is expected that the crisis will similarly impact the service industry in upcoming peak season too. During these two months, it spoiled both the inbound and outbound tourism industry of the country and later in summers destroyed domestic season too. During summers all Indian tourist destinations were closed. Few tourist attractions were opened in the last part of the June month but attracted a very few numbers of tourists. For this paper, a piece of literature has been selected from various journals, edited books, newspapers, reports, official websites of different Government and Non-Government organizations. It aims to understand the views and analysis of different professionals, academicians and scholars about the COVID-19 impacts on Tourism and Hospitality Industry. The study revealed that the pandemic has affected a lot to the industry and now special packages need to be declared by the responsible authorities.

Keywords

COVID-19, Tourism, Hospitality, Challenges, Tourist.

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