Spiritual and religious tourism : motivations and management /: motivations and management. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ruth Dowson, Jabar Yaqub and Razaq Raj.
• Authors: Dowson, Ruth
• Contents: Intro; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 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; 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 Art9. 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; 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, Brazil14. 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; 18. Discussion Questions; Index; Back Cover
• Publisher Details: Boston, Massachusetts : CAB International
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 203/.51; Tourism -- Religious aspects -- Case studies; Travel -- Religious aspects; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Psychology; Sacred space -- Management; Case studies; Management; Motivation; Pilgrimages; Religion; Religious tourism; Tourism theory; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Psychology; Tourism -- Religious aspects; Travel -- Religious aspects; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786394187; 1786394189; 9781786394170; 1786394170
• Related ISBNs: 9781786394163; 1786394162
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print record version.
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