1st Edition
Religious Tourism An Essential Reader
This thought-provoking book embarks into the captivating world of religious tourism and explores the intricate relationship between travel and spirituality, shedding light on whether tourists are seekers of profound meaning or simply pleasure-seekers.
In first section of the book, the chapters delve into the complex dynamics of pilgrimage landscapes, the significance of sacred heritage sites, and the evolving role of tourism in religious experiences. Part II of the volume digs deeper into the spiritual dimensions of religious tourism, examining the restorative benefits of spiritual retreats, the anthropology of spirituality and tourism, and the motivations of modern-day pilgrims.
Written in an accessible style, this volume invites readers from all backgrounds to explore the profound impact of religious tourism on individuals and societies alike. Engaging and enlightening, this volume is a must-read for anyone intrigued by the intersection of travel and spirituality.
The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.
Introduction
Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan, Anestis K. Fotiadis and Nikolaos (Niko) Stylos
Part I: Exploring the Intersection of Tourism and Religion
1. Is Tourist a Secular Pilgrim or a Hedonist in Search of Pleasure?
Dan Knox, Kevin Hannam, Peter Jan Margry, Daniel H. Olsen and Noel B. Salazar
2. Self-expression and play: can religious tourism be hedonistic?
Sean Lochrie, Ian W. F. Baxter, Elaine Collinson, Ross Curran, Martin Joseph, Gannon, Babak Taheri, Jamie Thompson and Ozge Yalinay
3. Pilgrimage: Journeying Beyond Self
Chris Devereux and Elizabeth Carnegie
4. Writing on the Graceland Wall: On the Importance of Authorship in Pilgrimage Landscapes
Derek H. Alderman
5. Sacred World Heritage Sites: Balancing Meaning With Management
Myra Shackley
6. Complementarity: bridging the tourism academic/religion divide
Stephen Schweinsberg
7. Sacred Journeys: Religious Heritage and Tourism
Dallen J. Timothy
Part II: Spiritual Dimensions of Religious Tourism
8. Exploring the restorative benefits of spiritual retreats: the case of clergy retreats in Australia
Chelsea Gill, Jan Packer and Roy Ballantyne
9. Religion, spirituality, and the formation of tourism knowledge
Stephen Schweinsberg
10. Spiritual Hosting and Tourism: The Host-Guest Dimension
Yoel Mansfeld and Alison J. Mcintosh
11. Spirituality and Tourism: An Anthropologist's View
Sagar Singh
12. Pilgrimage and Tourism Anthropological Perspectives
Sagar Singh and J. Anthony Paredes
13. Eudaimonic benefits of tourism: the pilgrimage experience
Marc van Iwaarden and Jeroen Nawijn
14. Motivations of urban millennials for spiritual travel in India
Snigdha Kainthola, Nimit Chowdhary, Rahul Pratap Singh Kaurav and Pinaz Tiwari
Biography
Tzung-Cheng (TC) Huan is Professor at National Chiayi University, Taiwan. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Recreation Research and a member of the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) Panel of Tourism Experts. He has been honored by the 2011-2012 Outstanding Reviewer Award from Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, the 2013, 2017, and 2018 Emerald Literati Awards, and the 2018 Publons Peer Review Award.
Anestis K. Fotiadis is Full Professor at Zayed University, College of Business, Department of Management, Abu Dhabi, UAE. His main area of research is associated with tourism management, event management, hospitality management and sustainable development. He has published more than 40 research papers in international academic journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Business Research and others.
Nikolaos (Niko) Stylos is Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Bristol Business School, UK and Honorary Professor of Hospitality Management at Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan, He is an internationally recognised and awarded scholar specialising in marketing innovation, and digital transformation in the service industries.
