Yoga originated in ancient India and is now a popular tourism product. It involves physical, mental, and spiritual practices aimed at connecting people with their sacred energy source. India has advantages in yoga tourism due to its rich heritage and skilled professionals offering authentic practices and teacher training at a low cost. Popular destinations include Rishikesh, known as the world's yoga capital, as well as Dharamsala, Varanasi, Pune, and Pondicherry. The Indian government promotes yoga to support the medical tourism industry.

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INDIA
NOUFAL NAHEEM KK
MTTM

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Yoga……?
 is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual
practices or disciplines which originated in ancient
India. There is a broad variety of Yoga schools,
practices, and goals in Hinduism,
Buddhism, and Jainism.
Is a Indian medical tourism product.

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 Yoga literally means " union", " connections", or
"oneness". Today, we typically understand "yoga" to
mean a series of gentle stretching exercises; but in
fact, it can refer to any of a number of physical and
mental disciplines, all of which are designed to
reunite us with our sacred energy source: the
divine.

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 its origin in India’s oldest scripture of Vedas.
The famous genre cited in holy book of
Bhagavad-Gita,
 The Yoga founded by Hiranyagarbha.
 First propounded by Maharshi Patanjali in
systematic form.

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 Yoga is guided by eight principles namely,
1. restraint(Yama),
2. observance of austerity (Niyama),
3. physical postures (Asana),
4. control (Pranayama),
5. restraining of sense organs (Pratyahar),
6. contemplation (Dharna),
7. Meditation (Dhyan)
8. Deep meditation (Samadhi).
External parts
Internal parts

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 In support of the eight principles are the six
branches of yoga…….
 Raja,
 Karma,
 Bhakti,
 Jnana,
 Tantra,
 Hatha.

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 The Yoga become a tourism product in 20th
century,….
 Yoga gurus from India later introduced yoga to the
west, following the success of Swami Vivekananda
in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the
1980s, yoga became popular as a system of
physical exercise across the Western world.

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 The United Nations General Assembly passed a
resolution on 11 December 2014 to proclaim
21 June the International Day of Yoga.
The UN recognizes that yoga provides a holistic
approach to health and well-being.

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 The International Yoga Festival (IYF) which is held at
Rishikesh (Yoga Capital of the World) Uttarakhand
and Pondicherry global tourists from all over the
world.

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 Reasons for the potential growth of Yoga tourism in
India………
 Price
The key selling point of Indian yoga tourism is its
“cost effectiveness”. This is the major advantage
factor of India in comparison of other competitive
yoga destinations.
Availability
India has an advantage in the global resurgence of
interest in yoga as it has a rich heritage of indigenous
knowledge coupled with strong infrastructure and skilled
manpower.

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 Service
Various health and mental rejuvenation
activities and in consequence their benefits, and inner
satisfactions are offered by world class yoga centers in
India in connection with a complete yoga package.
Quality
Many yoga destinations of India fulfill the quality
determinants such as safety and security, hygiene,
accessibility, transparency, authenticity and harmony of
the yoga tourism activity concern with the overall aura.

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Type of yoga
tourist
Characteristics
Yoga traveler Yoga is not their sole reason to visit India;
sometime struggled to learn yoga practice
and skip the class; lack of self-transformation
and search for authenticity; some of them
become yoga practitioner later.
Yoga
practitioner
Major aim is to learn yoga in greater depth;
visit India in search of inner quest and
authenticity; keep regular practice in the
ashram. Some of them become yoga
professional later.
Yoga
professional
Major aim is to receive the required
authorization to teach yoga in their own
country; elite categories of practitioners;
multiple visits to India.

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 Yoga tourism destination in India…
 Rishikesh
is nick named as Yoga capital of world located in
Uttarakhand, it is believed that meditation in Rishikesh
brings one closer attainment .
Dharmsala-Himachal Pradesh
Varanasi-Uttarpradesh
Pune-Maharashtra
Mysoore-Karnataka
Pondicherry.

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 conclusion…….
 There are many different levels of yoga tourism in
India today ,ultra-luxury yoga package are provided
by Tour operators, Travel agencies………
 Yoga is a unique tourism product of India ,now it
practicing world wide.
 Rishikesh known as the Yoga capital of world.
 In India there are so many schools and universities
offering Yoga practice and cources to study.

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 The AYUSH Ministry of Indian government formed
in 2014 to promote,
 Ayurveda
 Yoga and Naturopathy
 Unani
 Siddaha
 Homeopathy

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