Religious tourism and pilgrimage festivals management : an international perspective / edited by Razaq Raj and Nigel D. Morpeth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raj, Razaq.

Morpeth, Nigel D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Tourism--Religious aspects.

Tourism.

Tourism--Management.

Physical Description:

viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., [2007]

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 explores the pressures on sacred spaces to become commercialized and festivalised arenas, while still maintaining their religious and spiritual integrity.

Contents:

Introduction / Razaq Raj & Nigel D. Morpeth

The globalization of pilgrimage tourism? / Kevin A. Griffin

Motivations for religious tourism, pilgrimage, festivals and events / Ruth Blackwell

The management and marketing of religious sites, pilgrimage and religious events / Jurica Pavicic, Nikisa Alfirevic & Vincent John Batarelo

Sustaining tourism infrastructures for religious tourists and pilgrims within the UK / Ian D. Rotheram

Sacred and tourism as secular pilgrimage / Vitor Ambrósio

Religion, pilgrimage, mobility and immobility / Alexandra Arellano

Religious tourism and cultural pilgrimage / Zhang Mu ... [et al.]

Centring the visitor / Jacqueline Mulligan

Case study 1: the Festival of Sacrifice and travellers to the City of Heaven (Makkah) / Razaq Raj

Case study 2 : Christian/Catholic pilgrimage / Vitor Ambrósio & Margarida Pereira

Case study 3 : ancient and modern pilgrimage / Nigel D. Morpeth

Case study 4 : the symbolic representation of religion, culture and heritage and their implications on the tourism experience / Martin Scheer

Case study 5 : the importance and the role of faith (religious) tourism in the alternative tourism resources of Turkey / Ahmed Aktas & Yakin Ekin

Case study 6 : visiting sacred sites in India / Kiran A. Shinde

Case study 7 : Islamic pilgrimage and the market need for travel insurance / Tahir Rashid

Case study 8 : Fátima : the religious tourism altar / Maria I.R.B. de Pinho.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845932251

1845932250

OCLC:

72698828

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