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Religious heritage and sacred sites offer an opportunity for
visitors to explore a community's cultural knowledge. However, it
is important to consider the role of interpretation, meaning,
experience and narrative. This book is a timely re-assessment of
the increasing interconnections between the management of diversity
and religious tourism, and secular spaces on a global stage. It
explores key learning points from a range of contemporary case
studies on religious and pilgrimage activity; these relate to
ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations, and new forms of
pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities. By
providing a conceptual framework, the book demonstrates the
symbolism of sacred spaces within religious traditions and the
relationships developed between them. It offers explanations on how
to manage and communicate religious diversity and provides a solid
overview of: Religious tourism as a tool for intercultural
dialogue; Interpretation of religious heritage for tourism;
Cross-cultural contacts. This book will provide a valuable resource
for those researching and practising tourism management, pilgrimage
and religious tourism.
For millennia people have travelled to religious sites for worship,
initiatory and leisure purposes. Today there are hundreds, if not
thousands, of religious pilgrimage routes and trails around the
world that are used by pilgrims as well as tourists. Indeed, many
religious pilgrimage routes and trails are today used as themes by
tourism marketers in an effort to promote regional economic
development. Providing a holistic approach to religious pilgrimage
routes and trails, this book: - Addresses important conceptual
themes such as sustainable local development, regional economic
development, heritage identity and management, and promoting
environmentally friendly practices; - Includes global case studies
to help transfer theory into good practice; - Calls for further
discussion of the importance of better planning, management, and
maintenance of these routes and trails, so that the positive
benefits of this type of tourism development can be fully realized.
An important resource for those interested in religious tourism and
pilgrimage, this book is also an invaluable collection for
academics and policy-makers within heritage tourism and regional
development.
In recent years, discussion on tourism has focused mainly on global
problems relating to the over-exploitation of space, leaving other
aspects of the development of tourist activities almost completely
ignored. The book will focus not only on the widely understood
tourist exploitation processes, their geographical diversity and
density, but also on their significance and influence (economic,
socio-cultural, tourist etc.) on regional development and
sustainability. It will also cover the debate on promotion of
innovative, sustainable and responsible tourism strategies, plans
and funds, and the movement towards responsible and sustainable
cultural tourism through the crisis in marginal areas. It will also
highlight the dramatic changes to the global tourism industry
brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in recent months.
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