Analysis of Impact of Covid-19 on Religious Tourism Destinations of Odisha, India

Efforts have been made in this study to examine the impact of Covid-19 on Religious Tourism destinations of Odisha, the state of eastern India. Numbers of religious Tourism destinations are available in Odisha. The Role of Covid-19 and its economic, social and cultural impact on those destinations are the central idea of this article. This article begins with the understanding of intensity of Covid-19 and its effect on Tourism business in various religious places of Odisha, especially in Puri, Bhubaneswar and Konark that reveals socio-economic development of the local community in the site. Key issue of this paper is to find out the effect of Covid -19 presently and how to overcome it in post Covid times. This paper also describes the significance of service quality for the promotions of Tourism in the study area in post Covid phases that have direct impact to Local Economy.