Exploring Visitor Experiences, Activities and Benefits at Three Religious Tourism Sites

Bond, Nigel W.; Packer, Jan; Ballantyne, Roy

doi:10.1002/jtr.2014

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“…Those studies that explore the experiences and the benefits related with religious tourism focus mainly on spiritual experiences, neglecting others such as social, educational, or restorative experiences (Bond et al 2014). This is so, in spite of recognizing that managers of religious sites should offer visitors a wide range of activities, both spiritual and non-spiritual, that complement each other with the aim of providing a holistic experience (Tirca and Stanciulescu 2011;Weidenfeld and Ron 2008).…”

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Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Bibliometric Overview

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This paper reviews the academic literature related to religious tourism through a bibliometric study and citations of articles indexed in the multidisciplinary database Web of Science (WoS). Through an advanced search by terms, a representative set of 103 documents that form the ad-hoc basis of the analysis were selected. In view of the results, it is concluded that the United States is at the forefront of research, with almost 20% of the articles affiliated to one of its centres, mainly university centres. Publications on religious tourism are currently in an exponential growth stage, supported by the annual increase in the number of citations received. These papers are published in a small number of journals well positioned in their JCR category, classified within the field of Social Sciences Research.

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“…That is, religious destinations are like any other tourist destination, products with numerous attributes that can satisfy the needs of both religious believers and other holidaymakers (Bond et al 2014). …”

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Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Bibliometric Overview

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“…However, current research shows that the defining feature of pilgrimage is not just religion, but may be dependent upon a variety of other motivational factors that influence pilgrims to visit a particular site (Buzinde, Kalavar, Kohli, & Manuel‐Navarrete, ). In an increasingly secular world, many consumers seek out meaning, self‐awareness and identity through spiritual experiences at different nonreligious sites, thus blurring the distinction between religious vs. nonreligious pilgrimage or secular journeys (Bond, Packer, & Ballantyne, ; Collins‐Kreiner, ).…”

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Spiritual values and motives of secular pilgrims

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Lockstone‐Binney

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This study presents and tests an empirical model of the antecedents and outcomes associated with secular pilgrimage from a consumer perspective. Informed by the literature on spiritual journeys, religious and secular pilgrimage, consumer literature on personal values, emotions, customer satisfaction and recommendation behaviour, the study proposes that personal values of pilgrims positively affect their motives to partake in the spiritual journey of a secular pilgrimage. Pilgrimage motives positively affect pilgrim satisfaction directly, as well as indirectly through emotions associated with the spiritual pilgrimage experience. Pilgrim satisfaction is also positively affected by attributes of the pilgrimage site and results in an intention to recommend to family, friends and others. The model was tested on a paired sample of visitors attending the pilgrimage site of Gallipoli in Turkey for the annual commemoration of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) Day. The study results show statistical support for all hypothesized relationships in the theoretical model. Findings of this study contribute an improved understanding of the role of consumer values, motivations and emotions to undertake spiritual journeys to pilgrimage sites and their satisfaction with the spiritual experience of a secular pilgrimage and the resultant recommending behaviour.

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“…No se habla de peregrinación, sino de necesidades distintas, pero no opuestas. El turismo religioso es, como el cultural, un turismo basado en experiencias (Bond, Packer y Ballantyne, 2014). Aunque son parte del turismo cultural, la complejidad propia de las fiestas religiosas hace que el perfil del turista cultural deba ser revisado en este ámbito, como advierten Nyaupane et al (2015).…”

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Diferencias entre el perfil del turista cultural y el turista religioso. La festividad del Señor del Terremoto en Patate (Ecuador)

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ResumenLos estudios sobre turismo cultural han arrojado una serie de tipologías y perfiles sobre el turista de ese segmento que se han dado por determinantes. Sin embargo, en los últimos tiempos, las especificaciones sobre las variantes existentes dentro del turismo cultural hacen que dichos perfiles puedan no ser muy útiles a la hora de definir y conceptualizar este tipo de turismo. Para comprobar este vacío, se ha utilizado una festividad religiosa en Patate, zona central de la sierra ecuatoriana de los Andes, muy popular en todo el país, para medir la fiabilidad de los estándares de los perfiles turísticos. Para ello, se realizó una encuesta a los turistas religiosos que acuden las celebraciones del Señor del Terremoto sobre el perfil y los patrones elegidos para el estudio.Las conclusiones indican que el perfil de ambos tipos de turista es distinto, y que las mediciones sobre el perfil del turista cultural deben modificarse y ampliarse en este caso.Palabras clave: turismo religioso, perfil de turista cultural, tipologías de turismo, políticas turísticas. AbstractThe studies on cultural tourism have determinate a series of profiles for cultural tourism. However, in recent times, the specifications on variants existing within cultural tourism make these profiles may not be very useful when defining and conceptualize this type of tourism. To verify this emptiness, we have studied a religious festivity in Patate, central zone of the Ecuadorian sierra of the Andes, very popular in all the country, to measure the reliability of the standards of the tourist profiles. To this end, a survey was conducted among religious tourists who attended the Lord of Earthquake celebrations on the profile and patterns chosen for the study. The conclusions indicate that the profile of both types of tourist is different, and that measurements on the profile of the cultural tourist should be modified and expanded in this case.

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Exploring Visitor Experiences, Activities and Benefits at Three Religious Tourism Sites

Cited by 101 publications

References 36 publications

Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Bibliometric Overview

Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Bibliometric Overview

Spiritual values and motives of secular pilgrims

Diferencias entre el perfil del turista cultural y el turista religioso. La festividad del Señor del Terremoto en Patate (Ecuador)

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