Religious tourism in Asia: tradition and change through case studies and narratives
"Religious tourism in the Asia-Pacific region is considered the world's religious core with the greatest number of pilgrims and travellers for religious events, for both international and domestic tourism. It is estimated that there are approximately six hundred million national and intern...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Oxfordshire Boston
CABI
2018
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| Dans: | Année: 2018 |
| Collection/Revue: | CABI religious tourism and pilgrimage series
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Asie
/ Tourisme spirituel
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse KBM Asie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Tourism (Asia)
Religious aspects Case studies
B Pilgrims and pilgrimages B Tourism (Asia) Religious aspects |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières Quatrième de couverture |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
Électronique |
| Résumé: | "Religious tourism in the Asia-Pacific region is considered the world's religious core with the greatest number of pilgrims and travellers for religious events, for both international and domestic tourism. It is estimated that there are approximately six hundred million national and international religious and spiritual voyages in the world, of which 40% take place in Europe and over half in Asia. This book addresses tourism and sacred sites within the region of Asia and the pilgrims that it beckons. Case studies from across the region present more practical examples of this 'hub' of pilgrimage centres"-- Religious tourism and sacred sites in Asia / Kevin Griffin, Razaq Raj, Shin Yasuda -- The rise of heritage and religious tourism to sacred sites in Oman / Kristel Kessler and Razaq Raj -- Entrepreneurship in religious tourism: a case study of the management strategy of Islamic tour operators in Mumbai, India / Shin Yasuda -- Spiritual tourism in Sufism in South Asia / Syed Amjad Farid Hasnu and Saad Aslam -- Perspectives of religious tourism in Azerbaijan / Darius Liutikas -- The sacred in caves and mountains: Animist and Christian interfaces in the Philippines / Honey Libertine Achanzar-Labor -- Religious tourism in the ideological framework of Chinese tourism education / Maximiliano E. Korstanje and Babu P. George -- Religious tourism: the beginning of a new era with special reference to India / Rumki Bandyopadhyay and Kushagra Rajendra -- Sacred places, tourism and cultural heritage: pilgrimages to West Java / Jurgen Hellman -- To own the sacred, to control the people: Mahabodhi temple complex, India / Nikhil Joshi -- Religious and pilgrimage routes of Buddhist tourism / Juyan Zhang, Dharma Adhikari -- Religious migrations in contemporary Kazakhstan / Gulnara Mendikulova, Evgeniya Nadezhuk -- Religious festival in tourism: a comparative perspective / Jingjing Yang, and Zhang Lingyun -- To brand Gandhara, the ancient Buddhist center: Pakistan's potential to develop Buddhist tourism / Juyan Zhang -- Nankana Sahib as "Nankana Sahib: a symbol of religious coexistence" / Abdus Sattar Abbasi -- The destination marketing development of religious tourism in Uzbekistan / Bakhtiyor Navruz-Zoda, Zebiniso Navruz-zoda -- Religion and religious tourism: a case study of Kerala / Subhash Kizhakanveatil Bhaskaran Pillai |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1786392348 |