Sacred Sites, Rituals, and Performances New Perspective for Religious Tourism Development

• Other Authors: Shinde, Kiran (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; festival; customer classification; factor analysis; motivation; folklore belief; World Youth Day; eventization of faith; religious tourism; Archdiocese of Lodz; Poland; shinto shrine; popular culture; tourist performances; material religion; pilgrimage; sacred sites; motorbiking; biker; Church of England; retreat; pilgrimage center; sanctuary; sanctuary service zones; city space; spatial development; tourist function; geography of religion; ancestral temple of Mazu; commodification; diaspora; folklorization; invention of tradition; transnationalism; authenticity; spirituality; Mount Athos; hospitality; pilgrimage tourism; Buddhist pilgrimage; ritual ecology; Buddhism; Bodhgaya; Buddhist heritage; n/a
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The conceptual territory of religious tourism is fluid. While recreation and leisure-based motivation and behaviors are evident in religious tourism, this volume reiterates its rootedness in tenets from religious traditions and pilgrimages. Using fresh perspectives on place-stories, rituals, perform...