Religion and Tourism : Crossroads, Destinations and Encounters

This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern world. It considers questions such as:do travellers leave their religion at home when they are touring - and what happens if not? what are the relationships between tourism and pilgrimage?what happens to religious performances, places and festivals that function as tourism attractions? Other chapters examine religious theme parks, wellness and spa tourism, the roles played by tourist guides, guidebooks and religious souvenirs, and the role of tourism as a major arena of religious encounters in the contemporar

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Stausberg, Michael
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Religion \| Tourismus \| Tourism \| Tourismuswirtschaft \| Tourism industry \| Welt \| World \| Destinationsmanagement \| Destination management \| Tourismusmarketing \| Tourism marketing

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (298 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Religion and Tourism; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Historical developments; Global agencies and disputed effects; Defining tourism; Two negotiated categories; Religion in Tourism Studies and tourism in the Study of Religion(s); Shared concerns and mutual relationships; From affinities to interfaces; Religious tourism and religion in tourism; Part I: Crossroads; 1.Affinities; Tourism and pilgrimage; Tourism as a modern functional substitute for traditional religion; Tourist attractions as sacred places of national religion; The changing faces of tourism From modernity to post-modernity2.Interfaces; Religious people on travel; Tourist churches and parishes; Responses by religious and other public institutions/organizations; Preferences and values; Secularizing effects on host communities?; Recovering homelands (diaspora tourism); 3. Pilgrimages and tourism: ideal types and conflations; Classification and the negotiation of experiences; The popularity of pilgrimages; Modern (re)invention of pilgrimages; Blurred boundaries and the touristification of pilgrimages Tourism in pilgrimage arenas: two case studies of dispute, accommodation and resistancePart II: Destinations; 4.Religious sites and places; Religious sites as tourist attractions; Emerging religious involvement; Threats to sacred places and management challenges; Minority attractions and religious self-representation; The UNESCO World Heritage List: a global canon of tourist sites; Power places; Contests and negotiations; 5.Tourist spaces; Museums; Theme parks; Destination myth; Island paradises; Wellness, retreats and spas; Part III: Encounters; 6.Exposures; Indigenous people Folk villages/cultural parksReligious communities on display; Faith tourism; Shaman tourism; 7.Performances; Rituals; Worship; Religious variety shows; Dances; Holidays and festivals; 8.Mediations; Guides; Guidebooks; The internet; Souvenirs; 9.Terminal reflections; Consumption; Mobility; Globalization; The popularization of religion; Notes; References; Index;
ISBN:	978-0-415-54931-8 ; 978-0-203-85478-5 ; 978-0-415-54931-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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