Host communities and pilgrimage tourism : Asia and beyond / Ricardo Nicolas Progano, Joseph M. Cheer, Xosé Manuel Santos, editors.

This book delves into topics on pilgrimage travel and communities from a variety of perspectives through academic research based on the Middle East, Northeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe, where sacred sites have become of great importance for both international and domestic tourism. In...

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Other Authors: Progano, Ricardo Nicolas, Cheer, Joseph M., Santos Solla, José Manuel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, [2023]
Series:Perspectives on Asian tourism.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Communities and pilgrimage in tourism research- Chapter 2 Sacred Spaces and the Other: Social Distance, Functional Distance, and Two Pilgrimage Sites in Asia
  • Chapter 3 Development of Tourism Governance for Religious Tourism: A New Form of Local Community in Najaf, Iraq
  • Chapter 4 Tourism visitors, pilgrimage and contested spaces: community, heritage, ecology and perception
  • Chapter 5 Monastic Hosts Sentiments Toward Hosting Buddhist Associations Group Pilgrims The Case of Pu-Tuo
  • Chapter 6 Pilgrimage tourism to sacred places of high Himalaya and its impact on residents across generations. The case of Yamunotri Temple
  • Chapter 7 Impacts of processional pilgrimage on host communities: Insights from the Palkhi pilgrimage in India
  • Chapter 8 Pilgrimage Tourism in Palestine: The Backbone of the Palestinian Economy
  • Chapter 9 Pilgrimage Tourism, Accessibility and Local Communities in Western Countries. The Camino de Santiago de Compostela and the Via Francigena for all
  • Chapter 10 Hindu Pilgrimages (India) and Religious Functionaries
  • Chapter 11 The Network of the Way of St. James in Poland Genesis, Development as well as Religious, Cultural and Socio-Economic Impact
  • Chapter 12 Sacred Architecture as a Resource for the Development of Religious Tourism in the Regions of Ukraine
  • Chapter 13 Pilgrimage, means of transportation and its effects on host communities
  • Chapter 14 Pilgrimage Tourism Afterword: Emergent Themes and Implications.