Western Travellers in the Land of the Buddha Legitimising Travel through the Religionification of Tourism
On the one hand, tourism has developed to such a point that it now shapes other social realities in global society. On the other hand, pilgrimage phenomena are thriving in the twenty-first century, as they become both more globalised and more particularised. This paper shows that drawing oppositions...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin Institute of Technology
[2018]
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The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-103 |
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Western world
/ Vacationer
/ India
/ Buddhism
/ Spiritual tourism
/ Tourism
/ Sacralization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia ZB Sociology |
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Tourism
B Travel B Buddhism B Pilgrimage B Religion B India |
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