Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION TO SPIRITUAL AND SACRED JOURNEYS 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 PART 2: MANAGING MOTIVATIONAL ELEMENTS OF SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS 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 PART 3: INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES OF SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS 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
