Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Incisive and interdisciplinary, this Research Agenda broaches topics that have been under-researched within religious tourism, including: place attachment and marketing; memory and modification of sacred landscapes for tourism needs; the darker sides of religious tourism; multi-stakeholder governance; mission-trips; and allied forms of tourism.With contributions from top scholars, the book includes cases from across Europe and Asia, exploring pilgrimage sacred landscapes for different religions. Building on emerging themes including the importance of governance, conflicts associated with pilgrimage and religious tourism, gender and gendered dimensions, resilience in the wake of the recent pandemic, and newer ways of performing religious tourism such as virtual reality, it sets a research agenda for future inquiry.This thought-provoking Research Agenda will be a valuable resource for scholars of tourism, human geography, heritage studies, anthropology, and religious studies.
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Incisive and interdisciplinary, this Research Agenda broaches topics that have been under-researched within religious tourism, including: place attachment and marketing; memory and modification of sacred landscapes for tourism needs; the darker sides of religious tourism; multi-stakeholder governance; mission-trips; and allied forms of tourism.
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Contents: Foreword xiii Kevin A. Griffin 1 Religious tourism: the journey so far 1 Kiran A. Shinde 2 Memory, sacred landscapes and religious tourism: pilgrim perceptions in Ayodhya, India 21 Amita Sinha and Shubhada Kamalapurkar 3 Multi-stakeholder governance for religious tourism and pilgrimage routes in Europe 39 Maria Laura Gasparini and Alessia Mariotti 4 Short-term mission trips in Asia: intertwining religion, volunteering and tourism 57 Grace Ann, Chua and Harng Luh, Sin 5 The role of religious tourism for poverty alleviation in rural communities 71 Jaeyeon Choe and Anne Marie Bagadion 6 The role of place attachment on the marketing of religious sites for tourism 85 Pascal von Beuningen 7 The dark side of pilgrimage and religious tourism: conflict, contestations and fallouts 101 Daniel H. Olsen and Kiran A. Shinde 8 Virtual religious tourism: an agenda for future research 115 Eleanor O’Keeffe and Ruth Dowson 9 Walking tourism on a spiritual trail: competing needs from the sacred landscapes 131 Sabrina Meneghello 10 Whither religious tourism research? Conclusion and final remarks 147 Joseph M. Cheer Index 157
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‘Historically, religious journey is assumed to be the oldest motive of human movement. Over time it became a popular tradition and has been studied in different contexts. These ten essays offer a critical appraisal of the literature, representing studies from Asia, Europe, India, and Japan. Fresh issues such as marketing, place attachment, the dark side of pilgrimage, spirituality, sacred geography, reciprocity between pilgrimage and religious journey are examined and illustrated with case studies, both in terms of theoretical construction and application. The messages conveyed in this anthology will provide a radiant platform linking perspectives, problems, and prospectives for deeper understanding and new dimensions of research in this field.’
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ISBN
9781803928739
Publisert
2024-03-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
178

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Edited by Kiran A. Shinde, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University and Joseph M. Cheer, Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia