Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective

by Nigel D. Morpeth, R Raj

Overview

Religion and spirituality are common motivations for travel, with many major tourist destinations having developed largely as a result of their connections to sacred people, places and events. Describing practical applications, models and case studies, this book provides an insight into the management of religious tourism, covering both ancient sacred sites and emerging destinations. It fully explores the pressures on sacred spaces to become commercialized and festivalised arenas, while still maintaining their religious and spiritual integrity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845932251
Publisher:	CAB International North America
Publication date:	08/16/2007
Series:	CABI Publishing Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.87(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nigel D. Morpeth (BA, MSc, PhD, PGCHE) is currently is a senior lecturer in Tourism Management, School of Events Tourism and Hospitality, at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He started his academic career in 1989, after working for three UK local authorities within the field of community-based leisure provision, and has also taught at the University of Lincolnshire and was Visiting Scholar at Southern Cross University, New South Wales, Australia. He has published widely in books and journals and has jointly edited two tourism books with CABI. His current research projects and interests are in community and sustainability initiatives and the visual arts and tourism planning and development as well as in pilgrimage and tourism.

Razaq Raj is at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction, R Raj and N D Morpeth

Editorial Reviews

"[T]he book is good reading and gives an intriguing insight into the contemporary study of religious tourism."

"The main contribution of [this book] is that it reinforces th importance of study of tourism from a religion standpoint. It reminds us of the centrality of religionin the past and today to our understanding of contemporary society; therefore, this book transcends the narrow bounds of tourism studies."

From the Publisher

"[T]he book is good reading and gives an intriguing insight into the contemporary study of religious tourism."

Annals of Tourism Research

"The main contribution of [this book] is that it reinforces th importance of study of tourism from a religion standpoint. It reminds us of the centrality of religionin the past and today to our understanding of contemporary society; therefore, this book transcends the narrow bounds of tourism studies."

Noga Collins-Kreiner