The foundations of this book stem from our professional interest in tourism and our own
spiritual backgrounds and religious belief systems, which guide our everyday lives. After …

This book investigates spiritual tourism-tourism characterised by an intentional search for
spiritual benefit-from a contemporary religious studies perspective. Using field research …

Religious travel is not a new phenomenon. Religion has long been an integral motive for
undertaking journeys and is usually considered the oldest form of non-economic travel …

Dark Tourism, including visitation to places such as murder sites, battlefields and cemeteries
is a growing phenomenon, as well as an emergent area of scholarly interest. Despite this …

Heritage has long been a prime lure for tourists (Lowenthal1996). However, there has been
much debate in recent years over what exactly constitutes heritage, as it has become a …

Since the mid-twentieth century rapid modernization and technological growth in the
western world have brought with them fast-paced consumer societies, where people get …

The paper aims to contribute to the debate concerning the analytical value of fixed
categories and argues that the construction of such categories is problematic. It investigates …

Tourism related to religious sites and festivals, pilgrimage, or spirituality is a long-
established and extremely important sector of the tourism market. For specific sites, such as …

The current study employs the leisure motivation scale to examine motivations of non-
Buddhists visiting Buddhist temples. Specifically, this investigation builds on tourism …

Since the beginning of human life on earth, people have found solace in the promise of the
divine. This has been manifested in many ways, including a belief in a god or gods, the …