While a large part of European residents are Christian, halal tourism has been growing in the last few years, as well as the demand for spiritual tourism. Adventure Tourism. Religious tourism is that form that is exclusively or strongly motivated for religious reasons. Types of tourism: religious, adventure, heritage, Important tourist destinations in Himachal Pradesh. For e.g. The kinds of tourism are vibrant in time.Tureac & Anca (2008) justified that in general tourism industry is distinguished into six types established on diverse standards. Religious tourism, also commonly referred to as faith tourism, is a type of tourism, where people travel individually or in groups for pilgrimage, missionary, or leisure (fellowship) purposes. The religious tourism market covers a broad range of tourism products, including pilgrimage trips, visiting sacred sites, church tourism, travel for worship and religious missions. As an example of the former, the prohibition of non-Muslims in Mecca keeps Islam's most holy city free from purely touristic travelers, although the touristic imagination of non-Muslims makes it a desirable, if improbable, destination. One of the oldest types of tourism and a worldwide phenomenon of religious history, it can be differentiated into various forms. Himachal Pradesh has several option for adventure tourism like Paragliding (Solang-Manali), Trekking (In Himachal Kullu-Manali area is best for trekking and addition to this tribal area is also having several trekking roots. The short-term religious tourism is distinguished by excursions to nearby pilgrimage centers or religious conferences. It is known that in Ethiopia, religious tourism is one of the most important types of tourism, but we can confidently say that nothing has been done to support it. • People travelled singly or in groups for the purpose of spiritual benefit for to attain salvation or moksha. Religious tourism 1. Places of both religion and tourism range from the predominantly religious to the predominantly touristic. Religious Pilgrimages: 14 Of The World's Most Spiritual Destinations. Every year millions of pilgrims travel to places with unique spiritual significance in hopes of experiencing elevation, transformation and attaining a new degree of wisdom. • The evolution of tourism could also be attributed to journeys undertaken since ancient times to places considered as sacred. of religious tourism are scant to say the least, this is an attempt to bring together definitions, classifications and data which come from a variety of sources. RELIGIOUS TOURISM • Religious Tourism is also known as pilgrimage or spiritual tourism or faith tourism. The world's largest form of mass religious tourism takes place at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The paper draws together understandings from different religious traditions, presenting data and motivations on a variety of pilgrimage types.