Question

Differentiate between religious and cultural tourism.

Answer 1

Sr. No.	Basis	Religious tourism	Cultural tourism
1.	Meaning	Religious tourism, also known as faith tourism, is when individuals and groups travel to different places for pilgrimage, worship, or leisure purposes.	Cultural tourism is a type of tourism in which travellers engage in religious culture. They intend to travel to study the culture, history of people, and architecture.
2.	Purpose	The purpose of travelling as a religious traveller is to worship the holy places, to go on pilgrimage, and to spend leisure time.	Cultural tourism is done to study new religions and their practices.
3.	Number of tourists	Religious tourism will attract fewer tourists than cultural tourism because of restrictions imposed in many places.	Cultural tourism will attract many tourists.
4.	Example	Char Dham, Ajmer Dargah	Goa Carnival