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Spiritual Tourism on the Rise in India, Says OYO Founder<\/strong><\/p>\n As the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 unfolds in Prayagraj, Ritesh Agarwal, the founder and CEO of OYO, has shed light on a notable trend: spiritual tourism in India is growing. Through a recent post on social media, Agarwal emphasized the surge in hotel bookings linked to spiritual journeys.<\/p>\n \u201cOYO is committed to enhancing your travel experience. By the end of 2025, we plan to add 500 hotels in 12 key pilgrimage sites, ensuring that those traveling for spiritual reasons don\u2019t have to settle for less in comfort,\u201d he shared on the platform X (previously known as Twitter).<\/p>\n Agarwal pointed out that this expansion goes beyond just increasing the number of hotels; it\u2019s about meeting a genuine need. He mentioned that religious tourism is projected to generate around $59 billion in revenue by 2028 and is expected to create approximately 140 million jobs by 2030. \u201cWe\u2019re eager to play a part in this expanding sector,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He noted the broad appeal of spiritual sites, attracting everyone from seniors seeking peace to younger generations eager to explore. \u201cWhether it\u2019s your first pilgrimage or an annual journey, we aim to make your travels as smooth as they are meaningful. Where do you plan to go next?\u201d he asked his followers.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spiritual Tourism on the Rise in India, Says OYO Founder As the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 unfolds in Prayagraj, Ritesh Agarwal, the founder and CEO of OYO, has shed light on a notable trend: spiritual tourism in India is growing. Through a recent post on social media, Agarwal emphasized the surge in hotel bookings linked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[114,377,471,6460,6461,5526,6462,5565,6463,6464,514,6457,6458,6459,6456,6455,762],"class_list":{"0":"post-5960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-india-news","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-companies","10":"tag-india","11":"tag-maha-kumbh","12":"tag-maha-kumbh-2025","13":"tag-maha-kumbh-mela","14":"tag-mahakumbh","15":"tag-mahakumbh-2025","16":"tag-mahakumbh-mela","17":"tag-mahakumbh-mela-2025","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-oyo","20":"tag-oyo-hotels","21":"tag-ritesh-agarwal","22":"tag-spiritual-tourism","23":"tag-tourism","24":"tag-travel-and-tourism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}