Religious tourism and pilgrimage festivals management : an international perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Morpeth, Nigel D. (Editor), Raj, Razaq (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
Subjects:	Pilgrims and pilgrimages. Tourism > Management. Tourism > Religious aspects. Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000) Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000) Tourism and Travel. Festivals. Management. Pilgrimages. Religion. Religious tourism. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction / Razaq Raj and Nigel D. Morpeth
The globalization of pilgrimage tourism? some thoughts from Ireland / Kevin A. Griffin
Motivations for religious tourism, pilgrimage, festivals and events / Ruth Blackwell
The management and marketing of religious sites, pilgrimage and religious events : challenges for Roman Catholic pilgrimages in Croatia / Jurica Pavicic, Nikisa Alfirevic and Vincent John Batarelo
Sustaining tourism infrastructures for religious tourists and pilgrims within the UK / Ian D. Rotheram
Sacred pilgrimage and tourism as secular pilgrimage / Vitor Ambrósio
Religion, pilgrimage, mobility and immobility / Alexandra Arellano
Religious tourism and cultural pilgrimage : a Chinese perspective / Zhang Mu, Huang Li, Wang Jian-hong, Liu Ji, Yan-geng and Lai Xiting
Centring the visitor : promoting a sense of spirituality in the Caribbean / Jacqueline Mulligan
Case study 1 : the Festival of Sacrifice and travellers to the City of Heaven (Makkah) / Razaq Raj
Case study 2 : Christian/Catholic pilgrimage : studies and analyses / Vitor Ambrósio and Margarida Pereira
Case study 3 : ancient and modern pilgrimage : El Camino Frances / Nigel D. Morpeth
Case study 4 : the symbolic representation of religion, culture and heritage and their implications on the tourism experience. the example of the 'Ciudad de Cultura' in Santiago de Compostela / Martin Scheer
Case study 5 : the importance and the role of faith (religious) tourism in the alternative tourism resources of Turkey / Ahmed Aktas and Yakin Ekin
Case study 6 : visiting sacred sites in India : religious tourism or pilgrimage? / Kiran A. Shinde
Case study 7 : Islamic pilgrimage and the market need for travel insurance / Tahir Rashid
Case study 8 : Fátima : the religious tourism altar / Maria I.R.B. de Pinho and Isabel M.R.T. de Pinho.