A research agenda for religious tourism / edited by Kiran A. Shinde (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University) and Joseph M. Cheer (Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shinde, Kiran A., editor.

Cheer, Joseph M., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Religious aspects.

Tourism.

Tourism landscapes.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Incisive and interdisciplinary, A Research Agenda for Religious Tourism examines the development of the field to date and explores potential new directions. Chapters broach topics that have been under-researched within religious tourism, including: place attachment and marketing; memory and modification of sacred landscapes for tourism needs; the darker sides of religious tourism; multi-stakeholder governance; mission-trips; and allied forms of tourism. With contributions from top scholars across geography, anthropology, religious studies, tourism, and management, the book includes cases from across Europe and Asia, exploring pilgrimage sacred landscapes for different religions. Building on emerging themes including the importance of governance, conflicts associated with pilgrimage and religious tourism, gender and gendered dimensions, resilience in the wake of the recent pandemic, and newer ways of performing religious tourism such as virtual reality, it sets a research agenda for future inquiry. This thought-provoking Research Agenda will be a valuable resource for scholars of tourism, human, social, and cultural geography, heritage studies, anthropology and religious studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword / Kevin A. Griffin

1. Religious tourism: The journey so far / Kiran A. Shinde

2. Memory, sacred landscapes and religious tourism: Pilgrim perceptions in ayodhya, India / Amita Sinha and Shubhada Kamalapurkar

3. Multi-stakeholder governance for religious tourism and pilgrimage routes in Europe / Maria Laura Gasparini and Alessia Mariotti

4. Short-term mission trips in asia: Intertwining religion, volunteering and tourism / Grace Ann, Chua and Harng Luh, Sin

5. The role of religious tourism for poverty alleviation in rural communities / Jaeyeon Choe and Anne Marie Bagadion

6. The role of place attachment on the marketing of religious sites for tourism / Pascal von Beuningen

7. The dark side of pilgrimage and religious tourism: Conflict, contestations and fallouts / Daniel H. Olsen and Kiran A. Shinde

8. Virtual religious tourism: An agenda for future research / Eleanor O'Keeffe and Ruth Dowson

9. Walking tourism on a spiritual trail: Competing needs from the sacred landscapes / Sabrina Meneghello

10. Whither religious tourism research? Conclusion and final remarks / Joseph M. Cheer

Index.

ISBN:

9781803928746 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.