This book reviews tourist motivations for making religious or spiritual journeys, and the management aspects related to them. It explores sacred journeys across both traditional religions such as Christianity and Islam, and newer forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities such as sport, music and food. Demonstrating to the reader the intrinsic elements and events that play a crucial role within the destination management process, it provides a timely re-assessment of the increasing interconnections between religion and spirituality as a motivation for travel. The book:
– Includes applications, models and illustrations of religious tourism and pilgrimage management for converting theory into good practice;
– Addresses theories of motivation and why travel to religious destinations has increased;
– Explores key learning points from a selection of international case study perspectives.
Providing researchers and students of tourism, religious studies, anthropology and related subjects with an important review of the topic, this book aims to bridge the ever-widening gap between specialists within the religious, tourism, management and education sectors.
Despre autor
Dr Razaq Raj is Principal Lecturer in the Leeds Business School. His research interests include community events, outdoor events, economic impacts, religious tourism, cultural festivals and sustainable tourism, cultural diversity in events management and international tourism.
Dr Razaq Raj is the author of the textbooks Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective, Event Management: An integrated and practical approach and Event Management and Sustainability.
Dr Razaq Raj is also a board member of international journals and academic associations.
Editor of International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Editor of International Journal of Islands Research
Editor of International Journal of Islamic Tourism
Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series
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