REGENERATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL TOURISM: ADAPTATION & TRANSFORMATION

Social changes, behavioural change, and unprecedented disruptions constitute an unparalleled challenge to civilization. Pandemics, environmental issues, civil turmoil, humanitarian issues, and regional conflicts are just a few of the unexpected changes that are strongly related to tourism. This introspection involves questioning the future role of religious festivals in society, like: How can the tourism sector revitalize its economic and cultural contributions to society? Should religious heritage festival be redesigned as a driving force for sustainable development? Whether the future of religious festivals lays in the platform of sustainable development, or should planners think about placemaking or beyond it? How can religious festival tourism become more resilient and adaptable? Careful consideration of these and similar questions and longer-term decisions make tourism more resilient for future era and that is the major objective of this research paper. Based on the theoretical argumentation of religious festival tourism, the researcher incorporates the concept of regenerative and creative inclusive tourism as a reference idea for future study.