Religious tourism studies: evolution, progress, and future prospects

Kim, Bona; Kim, Seongseop; King, Brian

doi:10.1080/02508281.2019.1664084

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“…Beyond conceptualization, we can talk about studies that have researched the phenomenon from different perspectives. For example, from defining what is religious tourism, the relationship that it can have with spiritual tourism [4,[37][38][39][40], different management systems [13,41,42], the impacts that it generates in certain areas [43][44][45][46], and the relationship between religion and political instability [47][48][49][50] have been discussed. Several studies have even focused on motivations and conflicts of use between tourists and residents and on impacts, whilst very few studies have examined the complex management issues related to important pilgrimage sites where tourism and religion meet [51] or focused on the concept of preserving the meaning of the sites, except for the works of Schakley [52].…”

Section: Religious Tourism Accessibility and Spiritual Sustainabilitymentioning

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Tourism Accessibility and Its Impact on the Spiritual Sustainability of Sacred Sites

Aulet

Duda

2020

Sustainability

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Religious heritage sites are defined by their nature, both religious and non-religious (historical, social, cultural, etc.), as being pilgrimage destinations, as well as tourist attractions. The main aim of this paper is to determine whether there is a relationship between tourism accessibility and the concept of spiritual sustainability. Spiritual sustainability is presented in the paper by analyzing the concept of a sacred place and the connection it may have with tourism development. The authors have attempted to distinguish the elements determining the tourist and religious (spiritual) attractiveness of several pilgrimage sites as destinations for religious tourism, proposing a model for analyzing the connection between the two concepts studied. Two European regions have been compared—Pomerania (Poland) and Catalonia (Spain)—by analyzing 30 sacred sites (15 per region) using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The results show that a lack of accessibility positively affects the spiritual sustainability of the sites. In other cases, the impact that accessibility can have depends on the management system.

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Section: Religious Tourism Accessibility and Spiritual Sustainabilitymentioning

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Tourism Accessibility and Its Impact on the Spiritual Sustainability of Sacred Sites

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Duda

2020

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“…In any case, there are more and more data in the last years underlining that the concepts of pilgrimage and religious tourism are not so polarized (Bond et al 2014, Collins-Kreiner 2010, Kim et al 2019, Terzidou et al 2017 as we might thought. In fact, modern tours can be mainly described as of a rather mixed nature that address a variety of human needs.…”

Section: Scheme 1: Aspects Of Cultural and Religious Heritagementioning

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Religious Routes and Destinations: A polymorphic social approach

Tsironis¹

2020

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“…Since the early 1990s researchers have shown increasing interest in the emergence of religion-induced travel (Kim, Kim, & King, 2019). Kim et al 's. (2019) analysis of 84 studies generated four main themes.…”

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“…Th e most popularly researched countries were: India, Israel, and UK followed by China, Spain, Greece, and Malaysia. Th e literature review reveals that the most frequently researched creed was Islam followed by other creeds and demonstrations: Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Christianity, Orthodox, Anglican, Zionism, Taonism, Judaism, Mormonism, and Secularism, and United African Apostolic Church (Kim et al, 2019).…”

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A Preliminary Study of Pilgrimage Tourism in Barahachhetra, Nepal

Kunwar¹,

Thapaliya²

2021

The Gaze: J Tourism & Hosp.

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Pilgrimage is an age-old phenomenon for people of all religions. Pilgrimage is often been defined as a journey resulting from religious causes, externally to a holy site, and internally for spiritual purposes and internal understanding. For the Hindus, Pilgrimage is associated with Moksha (liberation), one of the four Purusharthas (virtues), the other three being Artha (material value) Dharma (righteousness), and Kama (pleasure). The concept of pilgrimage tourism in the Hindu tradition is a recent one. In Nepal, where tourism has largely remained a seasonal business, pilgrimage tourism can be a perennial source of income especially because Nepal is home to some of the world’s most important sacred Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage destinations. It is also noteworthy that according to 2011 official census in Nepal, more than 80 percent of the residents follow Hinduism (Central Bureau of Statistics, 2012, p.4) and Nepal shares a free border with India, the country with the largest number of Hindu residents, in absolute terms, in the entire world. Barahachhetra in Nepal is as important as other pilgrimage destinations in Nepal, however, no studies have been carried out so far on the status and potential of pilgrimage tourism in Barahachhetra. The authenticity of the pilgrimage sites, the hospitality culture and the peace experienced by pilgrims together provide a memorable pilgrimage tourism experience for the pilgrimage tourists visiting Barahachhetra. The prospect of pilgrimage tourism in Barahachhetra is immense and has a direct bearing on the preservation of the religious and cultural heritages as well as the economic condition of the residents therein. A coordinated approach initiated at the highest level of governance is required to study, promote and sustain pilgrimage tourism in Barahachhetra. In this study both pilgrimage tourism and religious tourism interchangeably used. Though spiritual tourism has become recently evolved, the authors did not visit on it although efforts have been made to highlight its significant in the introduction.

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Religious tourism studies: evolution, progress, and future prospects

Cited by 117 publications

References 99 publications

Tourism Accessibility and Its Impact on the Spiritual Sustainability of Sacred Sites

Tourism Accessibility and Its Impact on the Spiritual Sustainability of Sacred Sites

Religious Routes and Destinations: A polymorphic social approach

A Preliminary Study of Pilgrimage Tourism in Barahachhetra, Nepal

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