COVID-19 Pandemic: Risks Facing Hajj and Umrah

The two major gatherings of Muslims which take place in Makkah and Madinah, the two holiest cities of Saudi Arabia, are umrah during Ramadan the 9th month and Hajj Dhul-Hajjah in the 12th month of the Islamic year. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a massive economic and social impact on pilgrimages for...

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Published in:The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Subtitles:The Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Authors: Raj, Razaq (Author) ; Bozonelos, Dino (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2020]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 7, Pages: 93-103
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mecca / Hajj / ʿUmra / COVID-19 (Disease) / Pandemic / Spiritual tourism / Health risk
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Umrah
B Risks
B Covid-19
B Challenges
B Geopolitics
B Pandemic
B Pilgrims
B Hajj
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)