ABSTRACT
Many kinds of tourism have motivations. One of them is that some people travel based on spiritual reasons. In recent years, many people traveled to Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and several other countries in the Middle East region not for the purpose of taking spiritual journeys or spiritual tours. Currently, there are also many travel agents that offer tours with a variety of package options at a fairly high cost when compared to traveling in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to determine student interests and also motivation for students who want to take a spiritual journey or spiritual tour. In addition, through this research, students’ knowledge about spiritual tours based on their religious faith is also wanted. This research was conducted on 157 students at a university in Indonesia from various departments. Students provide data using a survey through a questionnaire. The results showed that as many as 66 (42.04 percent) of respondents stated very interested, as many as 69 (43.95 percent) expressed interest, which means that as many as 85.99 percent of students expressed interest in doing spiritual tours. It was also found that the majority of respondents knew that a spiritual tour is not an obligation, but based on the data obtained it was found that the main reason for wanting to take a spiritual tour is to look directly at the places mentioned or written of in the Bible so that they can feel and see parts of the history of Christianity in the world.
