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Recognition & Modeling of Natural Resources for development of tourism in religious towns province by RS and GIS

Dr Aruna Saxena
MANIT, Bhopal, M.P
Arunasaxena2000@yahoo.com



Abstract :
India is a place where the religion and cultural history or activities have its own great importance. In the major pilgrimage centre where the religious activities are main, it played a major role in structuring the town as the architecture of the whole town was governed by these religious activities. This phenomenon of growing of town without infrastructure has resulted in a plethora of problems in our country''s tourism industries.

Internally tourism depends upon tourist infrastructures basic facilities at different level and value of the tourist attractions. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) defines tourism as the "movement of people away from their normal place of work and residence for a period more than 24 hours and less then one year."

In India having 12 Jyotirlings , only one Jyotirlings i.e. Omkareshwar is situated on the bank of river Narmada in M.P. The combination of Jyotirlings & holy river Narmada having its great’s importance in Hindu mythology. Using IRSIC data of 2001 and Arcview & PCI Geomatica, survey and analysis has been done.