Tourism, Religion & Culture

pp. 704, 17 x 24 cm, illustrato, brossura

Collana: Dipartimento Dei Beni Delle Arti e Della Storia. Sezione Saggi e Testi n° 43.

The conference is aimed at examining the possibilities of taking advantage of the growing interest in religious and cultural tourism as leverage for developing
peripheral regions. While the concept and practice of regional tourism development through tourism is well established, the opportunity to do so based on the theme of cultural and spiritual tourist experiences has not been thoroughly discussed yet. Moreover, religious and spiritual tourism have been mostly discussed from the tourist-pilgrim perspective. This conference aims at looking more into the supply side and, thus, wishes to examine to what extent the cultural and spiritual aspects of religious sites could leverage regional development. Hosting cultural and religious tourism in socially and culturally sensitive environments might put tourism development and operation in jeopardy. Furthermore, it could negatively influence the fragile cultural and social texture of the host communities. It is, therefore, the aim of this conference to look at the nexus between regional development and religious and spiritual tourism through the prism of sustainability and sustainable tourism principles.