For millennia people have travelled to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of religious pilgrimage routes and trails around the world that are used by pilgrims as well as tourists. Indeed, many religious pilgrimage routes and trails are today used as themes by tourism marketers in an effort to promote regional economic development.
Providing a holistic approach to religious pilgrimage routes and trails, this book:
- Addresses important conceptual themes such as sustainable local development, regional economic development, heritage identity and management, and promoting environmentally friendly practices;
- Includes global case studies to help transfer theory into good practice;
- Calls for further discussion of the importance of better planning, management, and maintenance of these routes and trails, so that the positive benefits of this type of tourism development can be fully realized.
An important resource for those interested in religious tourism and pilgrimage, this book is also an invaluable collection for academics and policy-makers within heritage tourism and regional development.
Pilgrimage trails and routes: the journey from the past to the present
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The Camino de Santiago de Compostela: the most important historic pilgrimage way in Europe
Rubén Camilo Lois González, Xosé Manuel Santos Solla, Pilar Taboada de Zuñiga Romero
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The ways to Jerusalem: maritime, cultural and pilgrimage routes
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Kashi and Cosmos, India: the pilgrimage circuit of the Panchakroshi Yatra
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Pilgrimage trails and routes: journeys from the present to the future
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