TY - BOOK AU - Yasuda,Shin AU - Raj,Razaq AU - Griffin,Kevin A. ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Religious tourism in Asia: tradition and change through case studies and narratives T2 - CABI religious tourism and pilgrimage series SN - 9781786392350 AV - G156.5.R44 R45 2018eb U1 - 203/.5095 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Tourism KW - Asia KW - Religious aspects KW - Case studies KW - Pilgrims and pilgrimages KW - cabt KW - Destinations marketing KW - Pilgrimages KW - Religion KW - Religious tourism KW - Tourism development KW - lcgft N1 - 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; Also available in print format N2 - 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 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786392343.0000 ER -