No international visitors for Hajj and ‘e-pilgrimages’ to Lourdes

Studies empirically examining visitor experience at religious sites were limited. This study investigated the Chinese tourists' experience of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, an Islamic religious site in UAE. Online reviews posted by the Chinese tourists were analyzed with a semantic network analysis ...

Halal tourism is a dynamic emerging market segment that is growing at a notable pace. Understanding the Muslim travelers' needs, interests and behaviors is a key priority for professionals. Therefore, the goals of this study are twofold: first, to examine the linear and nonlinear effects of Islamic ...

Gastronomic experience, a multi-faceted phenomenon that encompasses economic, social, cultural, historical and psychological dimensions, significantly affects the satisfaction level of a tourist visiting a religious destination with religious motivation or with several motivations, interests and...

The Camino de Santiago is a network of routes visited by people of different ages and conditions, be they pilgrims, tourists or merely in search of a different kind of holiday or adventure. The routes then mean all kinds of different things to different people. These various users sometimes find...

Sometimes known as the world's "third pole" and a special place to experience its unique Buddhism and culture, Tibet has been considered a "mysterious" location, and it appeals to both Chinese and overseas tourists. Those factors have helped promote the upsurge in Tibet tourism. Correspondingly,...

In recent years scholars have engaged with explorations that tried to account for the pilgrimage vs. tourism conundrum. Among the ideas that emerged was defining an integrative category under the heading of religious tourism. This paper makes the argument that from a purely religious perspective ...

Residents in Indigenous Paiwan and Rukai communities in South Taiwan struggle over control of cultural resources for tourism. A history of Sinicization, government control and religious-colonial syncretism have divided subjectivities toward the public discourse on identity and the management of...

The aim of the article was to discuss the implementation of health protection measures for the Hajj during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.

The aim of the article was to examine the state of Hajj amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.