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:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

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 commercialised and festivalised arenas, while still maintaining their religious and spiritual integrity.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Establishing Linkages between Religious Travel and Tourism; 2 The Globalization of Pilgrimage Tourism? Some Thoughts from Ireland; 3 Motivations for Religious Tourism, Pilgrimage, Festivals and Events; 4 The Management and Marketing of Religious Sites, Pilgrimage and Religious Events: Challenges for Roman Catholic Pilgrimages in Croatia; 5 Sustaining Tourism Infrastructures for Religious Tourists and Pilgrims within the UK; 6 Sacred Pilgrimage and Tourism as Secular Pilgrimage; 7 Religion, Pilgrimage, Mobility and Immobility

8 Religious Tourism and Cultural Pilgrimage: a Chinese Perspective 9 Centering the Visitor: Promoting a Sense of Spirituality in the Caribbean; 10 Case Study 1: The Festival of Sacrifice and Travelers to the City of Heaven (Makkah); 11 Case Study 2: Christian/Catholic Pilgrimage - Studies and Analyses; 12 Case Study 3: Ancient and Modern Pilgrimage: El Camino Frances; 13 Case Study 4: The 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

14 Case Study 5: The Importance and the Role of Faith (Religious) Tourism in the Alternative Tourism Resources in Turkey 15 Case Study 6: Visiting Sacred Sites in India: Religious Tourism or Pilgrimage?; 16 Case Study 7: Islamic Pilgrimage and the Market Need for Travel Insurance; 17 Case Study 8: Fátima - the Religious Tourism Altar; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-85895-8

9786610858958

1-84593-226-9

OCLC:

191940686