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Title: EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE RELIGIOUS TOURISM AND ECONOMY OF AJMER CITY
Authors: Sanjay Singh Rawat
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Sanjay Singh Rawat Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Sophia College, Ajmer, India
MLA 8 Rawat, Sanjay Singh. "EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE RELIGIOUS TOURISM AND ECONOMY OF AJMER CITY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 9, Sept. 2022, pp. 2833-2842, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i09.005. Accessed Sept. 2022. APA 6 Rawat, S. (2022, September). EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE RELIGIOUS TOURISM AND ECONOMY OF AJMER CITY. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(9), 2833-2842. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i09.005 Chicago Rawat, Sanjay Singh. "EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE RELIGIOUS TOURISM AND ECONOMY OF AJMER CITY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 9 (September 2022), 2833-2842. Accessed September, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i09.005.
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ABSTRACT: Ajmer is a picturesque city situated in the serene Ajmer valley. It is located in the central part of Rajasthan. Therefore, also called as ‘the heart of Rajasthan. ’Due to its strategic importance, it became the economic and cultural hub as located on the major trade routes. Ajmer city was founded by Raja AjayPal, a Rajput Chauhan prince. It became a centre of religious devotion and faith for people of various religions like Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsi etc. Due to the religious faith, many tourists both domestic and international come every year to Ajmer city. Thus, the effect of tourism is felt on Ajmer city. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused disastrous effect on the Ajmer city. The paper tries to study the importance of religious tourism, economic impacts of religious tourism, the adverse effects ofCovid-19 and the relief measures undertaken to tackle the menace caused by Covid-19 in the Ajmer city. The primary data was obtained regarding the economic impacts of Religious Tourism and secondary data was obtained from various government reports, papers etc.

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