Religious tourism in Asia :
Religious tourism in Asia : tradition and change through case studies and narratives /
edited by Shin Yasuda, Razaq Raj and Kevin Griffin.
- 1 online resource : illustrations, charts
- CABI religious tourism and pilgrimage series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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This book brings together a range of case studies in the areas of religion, religious tourism and pilgrimage in Asia. It assesses the increasing linkages and interconnections between religious tourism and secular spaces on a global stage, and explores key learning points from a range of contemporary case studies of religious and pilgrimage activity related to ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations, new forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities. The development and marketing of religious tourism are also addressed in a few chapters. The book has 17 chapters, a list of discussion questions, and a subject index.
9781786392350 9781786392367
Tourism--Religious aspects.--Asia
Tourism--Religious aspects--Asia--Case studies.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Case studies.
Destinations marketing.
Pilgrimages.
Religion.
Religious tourism.
Tourism development.
Case studies.
G156.5.R44 / R45 2018eb
203/.5095
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Access limited to subscribing institution.
This book brings together a range of case studies in the areas of religion, religious tourism and pilgrimage in Asia. It assesses the increasing linkages and interconnections between religious tourism and secular spaces on a global stage, and explores key learning points from a range of contemporary case studies of religious and pilgrimage activity related to ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations, new forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities. The development and marketing of religious tourism are also addressed in a few chapters. The book has 17 chapters, a list of discussion questions, and a subject index.
9781786392350 9781786392367
Tourism--Religious aspects.--Asia
Tourism--Religious aspects--Asia--Case studies.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Case studies.
Destinations marketing.
Pilgrimages.
Religion.
Religious tourism.
Tourism development.
Case studies.
G156.5.R44 / R45 2018eb
203/.5095