The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism

__The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism__ provides a robust and comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the literature in this growing sub-field of tourism. This handbook is split into five distinct sections. The first section covers past and present debates regarding definitions, theories, and concepts related to religious and spiritual tourism. Subsequent sections focus on the supply and demand aspects of religious and spiritual tourism markets, and examine issues related to the management side of these markets around the world. Areas under examination include religious theme parks, the UNESCO branding of religious heritage, gender and performance, popular culture, pilgrimage, environmental impacts, and fear and terrorism, among many others. The final section explores emerging and future directions in religious and spiritual tourism, and proposes an agenda for further research. Interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope through its authorship and content, this will be essential reading for all students, researchers, and academics interested in Tourism, Religion, Cultural Studies, and Heritage Studies. The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism provides a robust and comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the literature in this growing sub-field of tourism. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of figures 10 List of tables 11 List of contributors 12 1 Investigating the intersections between religion, spirituality, and tourism 16 SECTION I: Definitions, theories, and concepts 30 2 Pilgrimages, journeys, and outings: the historical mobilities of religious praxis 32 3 The political economy of religious and spiritual tourism 51 4 The religious and spiritual dimensions of leisure travel 68 5 Religion, spirituality, and wellness tourism 83 6 A new spiritual marketplace: comparing new age and new religious movements in an age of spiritual and religious tourism 94 7 Fan pilgrimage, religion, and spirituality 105 8 Secular pilgrimages in a post-secular world? experiential journeys and hope for the future 126 9 Pilgrimage, tourism, and peace building 135 SECTION II: Spaces and places 148 10 Environment as a sacred space: religious and spiritual tourism and environmental concerns in Hinduism 150 11 Tourism and spirituality: green places, blue spaces, and beyond 167 12 The religious and spiritual appeal of national parks 181 13 Religious theme parks 194 14 Religious and spiritual retreats 206 15 Religious and spiritual world heritage sites 219 SECTION III: Motivations, experiences, and performance 238 16 Travel motivations of pilgrims, religious tourists, and spirituality seekers 240 17 Volunteer tourism: a spiritual and religious journey of meaning, transcendence, and connectedness 258 18 Experiences along the Camino de Santiago 269 19 Gender and performance in the context of religious and spiritual tourism: pilgrimage and sacred mobilities 281 20 Issues of authenticity in religious and spiritual tourism 291 21 Aftermath: calculating the effects of pilgrimage 303 SECTION IV: Managing religious and spiritual tourism 314 22 Sociopolitical and economic implications of religious and spiritual tourism 316 23 The environmental impacts of religious and spiritual tourism 330 24 Marketing religious and spiritual tourism experiences 347 25 Managing religious and spiritual tourism sites 359 26 Managing complex issues in religious and spiritual events, festivals and celebrations 374 27 The use of information and communication technologies in religious tourism 387 28 Interpreting religious and spiritual tourism destinations/sites 400 29 Coexistence between tourists and monks: managing temple-stay tourism at Koyasan, Japan 413 30 Food and religion: tourism perspectives 426 31 Safety, fear, risk, and terrorism in the context of religious tourism 443 32 Religious and spiritual tourism: sustainable development perspectives 454 SECTION V: Emerging and future directions 474 33 Religion, spirituality, and tourism: emerging and future directions 476 Index 492 Pilgrimages;,Spiritual,Marketplace;,Sacred,Space;,Managing,Religious;,Tourism,Perspectives Pilgrimages,Spiritual Marketplace,Sacred Space,Managing Religious,Tourism Perspectives