Understanding tourists in religious destinations: A social distance perspective

Nyaupane, Gyan P.; Timothy, Dallen J.; Poudel, Surya

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2014.12.009

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“…This is so, in spite of recognizing that managers of religious sites should offer visitors a wide range of activities, both spiritual and non-spiritual, that complement each other with the aim of providing a holistic experience (Tirca and Stanciulescu 2011;Weidenfeld and Ron 2008). Although the studies that address the other three types of experiences are scarcer if they have been addressed, for example, in relation to educational experiences, as in the studies of Nyaupane et al (2015), Ramírez andFernández (2018), andSarris (2004).…”

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Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Bibliometric Overview

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This paper reviews the academic literature related to religious tourism through a bibliometric study and citations of articles indexed in the multidisciplinary database Web of Science (WoS). Through an advanced search by terms, a representative set of 103 documents that form the ad-hoc basis of the analysis were selected. In view of the results, it is concluded that the United States is at the forefront of research, with almost 20% of the articles affiliated to one of its centres, mainly university centres. Publications on religious tourism are currently in an exponential growth stage, supported by the annual increase in the number of citations received. These papers are published in a small number of journals well positioned in their JCR category, classified within the field of Social Sciences Research.

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“…In the pilgrimage and sustainable tourism literature, scholars recognized two different types of travelers based on tourists' experience and motivation: pilgrims and secular tourists [35,36]. The main difference between these two groups of travelers is their travel motivation.…”

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“…Secular tourists are motivated by secular interests or pleasure [37,38]. Nyaupane, Timothy and Poudel [36] found that religious tourists treat themselves as pilgrims in sacred places and have a stronger religious motivation. Secular tourists treat themselves as general tourists and have a more recreational or cultural motivation in sacred places [27].…”

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Awe: An Important Emotional Experience in Sustainable Tourism

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"Awesome" is one of the most highly desirable experiences for tourists. This study investigates how tourists' awe emotion is induced when tourists visit sacred mountains and how the awe experience influences their satisfaction. A survey is administrated at a famous sacred mountain in China-Mount Emei. Results reveal that the awe experience is more elicited by the perceived vastness of natural environment for secular tourists, while is more encouraged by the perceived sanctity of religious ambience for pilgrim tourists. Awe experience is a mediator between the sense of perceptual vastness/sanctity and tourists' satisfaction. The mediation relationships through awe experience are moderated by the visitor types (pilgrims and secular tourists). Findings suggest that destination marketers should apply tourism strategies to encourage tourists' sense of awe.

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“…El turismo religioso es, como el cultural, un turismo basado en experiencias (Bond, Packer y Ballantyne, 2014). Aunque son parte del turismo cultural, la complejidad propia de las fiestas religiosas hace que el perfil del turista cultural deba ser revisado en este ámbito, como advierten Nyaupane et al (2015). En este sentido, Wall y Mathieson (2006) ofrecen dudas sobre si debería considerarse al Turismo Religioso como una categoría dentro del Cultural, aunque para Nolan y Nolan (1992) no existe tal dicotomía.…”

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Diferencias entre el perfil del turista cultural y el turista religioso. La festividad del Señor del Terremoto en Patate (Ecuador)

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ResumenLos estudios sobre turismo cultural han arrojado una serie de tipologías y perfiles sobre el turista de ese segmento que se han dado por determinantes. Sin embargo, en los últimos tiempos, las especificaciones sobre las variantes existentes dentro del turismo cultural hacen que dichos perfiles puedan no ser muy útiles a la hora de definir y conceptualizar este tipo de turismo. Para comprobar este vacío, se ha utilizado una festividad religiosa en Patate, zona central de la sierra ecuatoriana de los Andes, muy popular en todo el país, para medir la fiabilidad de los estándares de los perfiles turísticos. Para ello, se realizó una encuesta a los turistas religiosos que acuden las celebraciones del Señor del Terremoto sobre el perfil y los patrones elegidos para el estudio.Las conclusiones indican que el perfil de ambos tipos de turista es distinto, y que las mediciones sobre el perfil del turista cultural deben modificarse y ampliarse en este caso.Palabras clave: turismo religioso, perfil de turista cultural, tipologías de turismo, políticas turísticas. AbstractThe studies on cultural tourism have determinate a series of profiles for cultural tourism. However, in recent times, the specifications on variants existing within cultural tourism make these profiles may not be very useful when defining and conceptualize this type of tourism. To verify this emptiness, we have studied a religious festivity in Patate, central zone of the Ecuadorian sierra of the Andes, very popular in all the country, to measure the reliability of the standards of the tourist profiles. To this end, a survey was conducted among religious tourists who attended the Lord of Earthquake celebrations on the profile and patterns chosen for the study. The conclusions indicate that the profile of both types of tourist is different, and that measurements on the profile of the cultural tourist should be modified and expanded in this case.

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Understanding tourists in religious destinations: A social distance perspective

Cited by 141 publications

References 40 publications

Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Bibliometric Overview

Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Bibliometric Overview

Awe: An Important Emotional Experience in Sustainable Tourism

Diferencias entre el perfil del turista cultural y el turista religioso. La festividad del Señor del Terremoto en Patate (Ecuador)

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