Religious tourism and pilgrimage festivals management : an international perspective /

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 examines the relationships between religion and tourism and explores the pressures on sacred spaces to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Raj, Razaq, Morpeth, Nigel D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., 2007.
Temas:
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Tourism > Religious aspects.
Tourism > Management.
RELIGION > Reference.
Festivals.
Management.
Pilgrimages.
Religion.
Religious tourism.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Tourism > Management
Tourism > Religious aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 [and others]
  • 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.

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