Spiritual and Religious Tourism
Motivations and Management
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Spiritual and Religious Tourism
Motivations and Management
About this book
This book reviews tourist motivations for making religious or spiritual journeys, and the management aspects related to them. It explores sacred journeys across both traditional religions such as Christianity and Islam, and newer forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities such as sport, music and food. Demonstrating to the reader the intrinsic elements and events that play a crucial role within the destination management process, it provides a timely re-assessment of the increasing interconnections between religion and spirituality as a motivation for travel. The book: - Includes applications, models and illustrations of religious tourism and pilgrimage management for converting theory into good practice;- Addresses theories of motivation and why travel to religious destinations has increased;- Explores key learning points from a selection of international case study perspectives.Providing researchers and students of tourism, religious studies, anthropology and related subjects with an important review of the topic, this book aims to bridge the ever-widening gap between specialists within the religious, tourism, management and education sectors.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1. Introduction to Spiritual and Religious Journeys
- 2. The Role of Ritual in Sacred Journeys
- 3. Motivations of the Pilgrim to Attend the Annual Pilgrimage of Hajj
- 4. Islamic Motivation for Tourism and Contradictions of the American Tradition
- 5. From Spiritualism to a New Paradigm in Tourism: Spiritual Tourism and Motivations
- 6. The Selfie in Islamic Pilgrimages as a Communication Tool in Hajj and Umrah
- 7. Spiritual Motivation for Religious Tourism Destinations
- 8. Pilgrim Tourist Motivations in Religious Heritage, Culture and Art
- 9. Diminishing Religious Cultural Heritage of Holy Makkah and Medina due to Commercialization of the Sacred Event
- 10. Managing the Physical Environment of the Sacred Tourist Destination
- 11. Motivations to Visit Sacred Historical Objects: the Lindisfarne Gospels’ Visit to Durham 2013 – a Sacred Journey?
- 12. Visiting with a Mission(ary) – Engaging with Stakeholders at New Zealand Heritage Sites
- 13. The Pilgrim Goes to the Festival: Changes in Daily Life Caused by the Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Abadia in Romaria, Brazil
- 14. Managing Catholic Churches and Sacred Sites for Protestant Visitors to Malta
- 15. The Ancient Wisdom and Motivation of Shams-i Tabrezi or Analogy of Contemporary Systems Science and Shams-i Tabrezi Ancient Wisdom
- 16. Inbound and Outbound Religious Tourism in Turkey
- 17. Walking the Way of St James: Spiritual Journeys to the Cathedrals of Sport
- 18. Discussion Questions
- Index
- Back Cover