ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism provides a robust and comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the literature in this growing sub-field of tourism.
This handbook is split into five distinct sections. The first section covers past and present debates regarding definitions, theories, and concepts related to religious and spiritual tourism. Subsequent sections focus on the supply and demand aspects of religious and spiritual tourism markets, and examine issues related to the management side of these markets around the world. Areas under examination include religious theme parks, the UNESCO branding of religious heritage, gender and performance, popular culture, pilgrimage, environmental impacts, and fear and terrorism, among many others. The final section explores emerging and future directions in religious and spiritual tourism, and proposes an agenda for further research.
Interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope through its authorship and content, this will be essential reading for all students, researchers, and academics interested in Tourism, Religion, Cultural Studies, and Heritage Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|118 pages
Definitions, theories, and concepts
chapter 6|11 pages
A new spiritual marketplace
chapter 8|9 pages
Secular pilgrimages in a post-secular world?
part Section II|89 pages
Spaces and places
chapter 10|17 pages
Environment as a sacred space
part Section III|76 pages
Motivations, experiences, and performance
chapter 17|11 pages
Volunteer tourism
chapter 19|10 pages
Gender and performance in the context of religious and spiritual tourism
part Section IV|159 pages
Managing religious and spiritual tourism
chapter 29|13 pages
Coexistence between tourists and monks
part Section V|17 pages
Emerging and future directions