India Bets Big on Tourism with Buddhist Circuit Boost and 15 Heritage Site Makeovers
Tourism as Growth Engine: Budget 2026 Targets Buddhist Circuit in Northeast and Major Heritage Site Upgrades
Tourism as Growth Engine: Budget 2026 Targets Buddhist Circuit in Northeast and Major Heritage Site Upgrades
Buddhism, born over 2,500 years ago in the Indian subcontinent, has re-emerged in the twenty-first century as a powerful tool of diplomacy. Both China and India are harnessing Buddhism’s soft power potential to build cultural bridges and influence regional geopolitics. Yet the two nations’ methods and motivations could not be more different.