Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails

By: Rana P. Singh • Dallen J. Timothy • Jaeyeon Choe • Daniel H Olsen • Associate Professor Anna Trono • Raffaella Afferni • Stephen William Boyd • Valentina Castronuovo • Tomasz Duda • Vreny Enongene • Carla Ferrario • Paul R. Fidgeon • Brian J. Hill • Michael Hitchcock • Marco Leo Imperiale • Darius Liutikas • Rubén C. Lois-González • Pravin S. Rana • Pilar Taboada-de-Zúñiga Romero • Rodrigo Espinoza Sanchez • Xosé M. Santos • Kiran A. Shinde • Gabriella Trombino • Greg Wilkinson

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Synopsis

For millennia people have travelled to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of religious pilgrimage routes and trails around the world that are used by pilgrims as well as tourists. Indeed, many religious pilgrimage routes and trails are today used as themes by tourism marketers in an effort to promote regional economic development.

Providing a holistic approach to religious pilgrimage routes and trails, this book:

- Addresses important conceptual themes such as sustainable local development, regional economic development, heritage identity and management, and promoting environmentally friendly practices;

- Includes global case studies to help transfer theory into good practice;

- Calls for further discussion of the importance of better planning, management, and maintenance of these routes and trails, so that the positive benefits of this type of tourism development can be fully realized.

An important resource for those interested in religious tourism and pilgrimage, this book is also an invaluable collection for academics and policy-makers within heritage tourism and regional development.

Book Details

Book Quality:
ISBN-13:: 9781786390271
Publisher:: CABI
Date of Addition:: 2018-07-20T10:00:58Z
Language:: English
Categories:: Business and Finance, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Travel,
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.