The Way of Saint James: A Contemporary Geographical Analysis

Lois‐González, Rubén C.; Carril, Valeríà Paül i; Otón, Miguel Pazos; Solla, Xosé Manuel Santos

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_35

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“…Simultánne sa rozvíja aj profánne, turistické Camino, ktoré reaguje na neobyčajnú, masívnu a širokospektrálnu propagáciu a opatrenia zo strany orgánov štátnej a verejnej správy podporujúcich jeho rozvoj a transformáciu na produkt cestovného ruchu (Lois-González et al 2015). Počet osôb na trasách Camina narastá, pričom dôvody putovania sa menia.…”

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Fenomén Camino de Santiago: od kresťanskej pútnickej cesty po postsekulárny produkt cestovného ruchu

Székely¹

2022

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Phenomenon Camino de Santiago: From Christian pilgrimage route to post-secularʼs product of tourism The renaissance of the cult of St. James and Camino de Santiago (the Christian pilgrimage route to the tomb of St. James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela, Spain) began from the second half of the 20th century through the pro-active Catholic volunteers. Simultaneously, the profane, tourist Camino is also developing, responding to the extraordinary, massive, and broad-spectrum promotion from the side of state and public administration bodies which have been oriented to support the development of the Camino in the sense of its transformation into a product of international tourism. The main objective of these efforts has not been only the promotion of the Galicia region, but also the attempts to solve the local and regional problems of socioeconomic development of the affected backward rural areas and to form the competitive position of Santiago de Compostela as a tourism destination. This study deals with the Camino phenomenon and its transformation from a Christian pilgrimage route to a post-secular product of tourism. The presented results have been reached by the applied combination of extensive secondary research, the authentic primary qualitative research, and the statistical analysis of number of pilgrims.

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Fenomén Camino de Santiago: od kresťanskej pútnickej cesty po postsekulárny produkt cestovného ruchu

Székely¹

2022

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Addressing Overtourism by Rebranding Santiago de Compostela: Deconcentration Initiative Focused on the City of Culture of Galicia

Vila Vázquez,

Pérez Indaverea

2024

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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The Emerging Mountain Imaginary of the Galician Highlands: A New National Landscape in an Era of Globalization?

Carril¹,

Santamaría²

2021

Geographical Review

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Mountains have been the object of an intense elaboration of nationalimaginaries. There is a widespread perception of Galicia as a rural and coastal country based on agricultural and seaside landscapes, with mountains being largely ignored. However, a production of local narratives around the Trevinca Massif has recently taken place, which has become quite widespread, with an emerging mountain landscape imaginary of its own around the notion of the Galician Highlands. This paper discusses these developments in the context of both the changing imaginaries of mountains in western cultures and the different Galician landscape imaginaries. The research was carried out by means of semistructured interviewing, which led towards obtaining three narratives elaborated from semiotic clustering. These results allow us to infer that global forces, in particular tourism and promotion, have been essential for explaining the emergence and spread of the Galician Highlands as a socio-spatial imaginary. Another conclusion is the relevance of the disputed conception of "natural borders" coinciding with mountains in the case-study area.

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The Way of Saint James: A Contemporary Geographical Analysis

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Fenomén Camino de Santiago: od kresťanskej pútnickej cesty po postsekulárny produkt cestovného ruchu

Fenomén Camino de Santiago: od kresťanskej pútnickej cesty po postsekulárny produkt cestovného ruchu

Addressing Overtourism by Rebranding Santiago de Compostela: Deconcentration Initiative Focused on the City of Culture of Galicia

The Emerging Mountain Imaginary of the Galician Highlands: A New National Landscape in an Era of Globalization?

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