Pilgrimage growth in the modern world: Meanings and implications

Reader, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.religion.2007.06.009

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“…Benckendorff, Moscardo, & Pendergast (2010) claimed that a celebrity is firmly planted in the Gen Y mind. Reader (2007) contended that people construct their personal meaning via going to the travel destination related to their adored celebrity. Therefore, such action presented a strong resemblance to a pilgrimage.…”

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Celebrity Endorsement in Advertisement on Destination Choice Among Generation Y in Hong Kong

Chan¹,

Lee²,

Wong³

2018

IJMS

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This study investigated celebrity endorsement for travel destination choice. The study also adopted Hong Kong's Generation Y as an example and explored the affective image and visitation intention. By using quantitative approach, the study analyzed Hong Kong's Generation Y that relates to celebrity endorsement for travel destination choice. The results affirm that the hypothesis was corroborated. Celebrity endorsement delivers favorable affective image towards Generation Y. In addition, the study confirms that favorable affective image positively affects the visit intention of Generation Y to travel destinations. However, marketers must understand how to make use of celebrity endorsement to influence Generation Y on their destination choice and finally turn their intention to purchase action.

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Celebrity Endorsement in Advertisement on Destination Choice Among Generation Y in Hong Kong

Chan¹,

Lee²,

Wong³

2018

IJMS

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“…However, pilgrimage studies of late have been critical of the Turnerian model and its embrace of communitas and antistructure as central to the pilgrimage experience (Reader, 2007). In particular, much anthropological fieldwork has determined that pilgrimage does not necessarily result in communitas, nor is an egalitarian ethos always achieved during pilgrimage (Coleman, 2002;Eade and Sallnow, 1991b;Winkelman and Dubisch, 2005).…”

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Pilgrimage as costly signal: Religiously motivated cooperation in Chaco and Nasca

Kantner

Vaughn

2012

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…No obstante, Reader (2007) afirma que el crecimiento de la peregrinación contemporánea, más que implicar alguna forma de renacimiento religioso, puede considerarse una evidencia del creciente rechazo de la religión como una entidad organizada.…”

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“…A través de esta peregrinación las personas pueden participar en prácticas espirituales que les ayudan a tratar con el mundo moderno y encontrar un sentido a sus vidas incluso a pesar de rechazar la religión como una entidad organizada (Reader, 2007). Así, en Santiago de Compostela se mezclan de múltiples formas la religión tradicional (institucional, organizada) y lo post-secular (formas personales o individualizadas de creencias religiosas) (Nilsson y Tesfahuney, 2016).…”

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“…Sin embargo, actualmente, el turismo religioso ha emergido en muchas regiones como uno de los productos de turismo más importantes. El número de visitantes en destinos religiosos está experimentando un resurgimiento en todo el mundo (Digance, 2003;Organización Mundial del Turismo, 2008), en lugares asociados a casi todas las religiones (Reader, 2007). La Organización Mundial del Turismo (2008) estima que anualmente entre 300 y 330 millones de personas se desplazan por motivos religiosos, generando un impacto económico de unos 13.000 millones de euros (World Religious Travel Association, 2010).…”

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El turismo religioso en distintas zonas geográficas de España: características de los turistas

Torre¹,

Naranjo²

2017

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RESUMENEl turismo en destinos religiosos ha aumentado en los últimos años convirtiéndose en un motor de desarrollo para muchas poblaciones. No obstante, los estudios sobre la demanda aún son escasos. El objetivo de este artículo es dar a conocer el perfil del turista en distintos destinos religiosos de España e identificar sus particularidades. Se realizó un trabajo de campo en tres de las manifestaciones religiosas más importantes: Camino de Santiago, Romería del Rocío y Semana Santa de Sevilla. Un análisis comparativo entre los tres perfiles mostró algunas semejanzas entre ellos.Palabras clave: Turismo religioso; peregrinación; perfil del turista; impacto económico. ABSTRACTIn recent years, tourism has grown in religious destinations and becomes a key driver for the development in many populations. However, demand studies are still scarce. The aim of this paper is to present the tourist profile in different religious destinations of Spain and identify their characteristics. A fieldwork was conducted in three of the most important religious destinations: Way of St. James, El Rocío pilgrimage and Holy Week in Seville. A comparative analysis between the three profiles showed some similarities between them.

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Pilgrimage growth in the modern world: Meanings and implications

Cited by 108 publications

References 17 publications

Celebrity Endorsement in Advertisement on Destination Choice Among Generation Y in Hong Kong

Celebrity Endorsement in Advertisement on Destination Choice Among Generation Y in Hong Kong

Pilgrimage as costly signal: Religiously motivated cooperation in Chaco and Nasca

El turismo religioso en distintas zonas geográficas de España: características de los turistas

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