Authors : Ajit Pachore
Page Nos : 172-174
Description :
Tourism implies a more purposeful journey; it is travel for recreational, leisure or business purpose. There are various types of tourisms e.g. Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Environmental, Adventurous, Sports, Historical, Management, Heritage, Ecological, Religious and Literary etc. Nowadays ‘Literary Tourism’ is mostly discussed among the writers, poets, critics, students and readers. It is a type of cultural tourism. It deals with places, events of the fictional texts and lives of their authors. Visit their homes and their graves also. It is a one type of secular pilgrimage. Dr. Mallikarjun Patil’s travelogue titled “In Shakespeare’s England--’’ is a literary tourist guide for the lovers of English literature in which we find vivid description of Oxford and Cambridge University, Stratford, Shakespeare’s birthplace, Lake District, Canterbury etc. The sites like Indo-Tibetan road, forest guest houses where Rudyard Kipling stayed are also frequently visited by the tourist of overseas. Annual literary festival of Jaipur is of great attraction for the lovers of literature. Noted literary figures used to appear in the festival. Ramesh Mantri’s ‘Bangalore to Badami’ a travelogue in Marathi is his experiences with great South Indian writers. ‘Panipat’ a novel in Marathi literature by Vishwas Patil is the output of his frequent visits to Panipat city in Haryara. Thus literary tourism is developing as world-wide genre.
