Browsing by Author "Shikha Misra"

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Paradigm Shift of Religious Tourism in South Asia
(World Scientific Publishing Co., 2025) Shikha Misra
This chapter engages in a discussion of the existing status of religious tourism in South Asia and explores the new paradigms that are evolving to provide a more wholesome and personalisation experience to the tourists visiting the region. There is a significant shift in the interests of tourists from monumental tourism to religious, spiritual and experiential tourism worldwide. The author has come to understand that religious tourism has been upgrading, transforming and adding new components to create better communitas for the religious tourist and increasing the footfall and night stays at religious destinations. Some of the newly added components are use of artificial intelligence to create a personal experience, better infrastructure and superstructures, improved connectivity to the destinations and sites, risk mitigation to minimise human and financial losses and handling the crisis situations by increasing the involvement of stakeholders and by providing regular security drills to them. Change in the temple governance and better backward linkages to make paraphernalia a more pro-poor activity are also two major changes resulting in faster decision-making and availability of better financial resources. This chapter considers religious tourism beyond the continuum of tourism, religious tourism and pilgrimage. It has drawn on a multidisciplinary approach and also provides details on the developments and innovations being applied at religious destinations in the South Asian region, primarily during the last 10 years. © 2025 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved.
Port efficiency and infrastructure development: Catalysts for the India-Middle East-European Union economic corridor
(IGI Global, 2024) Bivek Datta; Shikha Misra
This chapter explores the critical nexus between port efficiency and infrastructure development as the driving force behind the India-Middle East-European Union economic corridor's transformative potential. The multidimensional inquiry encompasses the assessment of existing port infrastructure in India, the Middle East, and the European Union, the analysis of current trade flows, the identification of infrastructure bottlenecks, and an exploration of emerging technologies' impact. The authors delve into sustainable practices, scrutinize policy frameworks, assess economic implications, present global case studies, highlight investment opportunities, analyze potential risks, and anticipate future trade trends. Through comparative analysis, they glean valuable insights into how this corridor can emerge as a beacon of economic integration and growth. © 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved.