Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management : An International Perspective

by R. Raj; N. D. Morpeth

• ISBN13: 9781845932251
• ISBN10: 1845932250
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

Religion and spirituality are common motivations for travel, with many major tourist destinations having developed largely as a result of their connections to sacred people, places and events. Describing practical applications, models and case studies, this book provides an insight into the management of religious tourism, covering both ancient sacred sites and emerging destinations. It fully explored the pressures on sacred spaces to become commercialized and festivalized areas, while still maintaining their religious and spiritual integrity.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Globalisation of Pilgimage Tourism

Motivations for Religious Tourism, Pilgrimage, Festivals, and Events

The Management and Promotion of Religious Tourism Sites, Pilgrimage and Religious Events

Sustaining Tourist Infrastructures for religious tourists and pilgrims

Sacred and Secular Pilgrimage

Religion, Pilgrimage, Mobility and Immobility

Religious Tourism and Cultural Pilgrimage: Eastern and Western Perspectives

Expressions and Experiences of Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism

Case study 1: Travellers to the Haram (Makka)

The Greatest Trip for Religious Tourist on Earth

Christian/Catholic Pilgrimage - Studies and Analyses

Symbolic Representation of religion, culture and heritage and their implications on the tourism experience

The example of the 'Ciudad de Cultura' in Santiago de Compostela

Ancient and Modern Pilgrimage: El Camino Frances?

The importance and the place of faith (religious) tourism in the alternative tourism resources of Turkey

Pilgrimage, Tourism and Religious Tourism at Sacred Sites in India

Islamic Pilgrimage and travel insurance

Fatima - The Religious Tourism Altar

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