Spiritual (walking) tourism as a foundation for sustainable destination development: Kumano-kodo pilgrimage, Wakayama, Japan

Katô, Kumi; Progano, Ricardo Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2017.07.017

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“…This paradigm shift towards a balanced tourism growth that prioritizes quality of life over fast economic development has been observed in previous studies (Rivera, Croes and Lee 2016). In this regard, a slow tourism approach (Lumsdon and McGrath 2011;Caffyn 2012;Kato and Progano 2017) could be a valid alternative as slow travel already exists in Kumano Kodo because visitors are encouraged to walk rather than to speed through to the main shrine in Hongu town.…”

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Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

Progano¹

2018

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Many of the studies on pilgrimage tourism have focused on aspects related to visitors, such as travel motivation, visitor experience or visitor typologies. However, it is also vital for tourism destination management to understand the local community's perceptions towards impacts brought by tourism. While some research has been conducted on the subject, the tourism impacts in communities along pilgrimage trails remain surprisingly under-researched. In order to contribute to this research gap, this study provides a qualitative approach on the host community's economic and social impacts of pilgrimage tourism. Analysis is made based on Krippendrof's categorization, which divides community members into four types based on their economic dependence on tourism activity. As a case study site, Chikatsuyu community, located along the pilgrimage routes of Kumano Kodo, is selected. Results show that, although economic impacts were regarded as comparatively minor, smallscale tourism was generally perceived as positive across the participants. In particular, the participants had an overall positive perception of social impacts. The presence of international tourists was welcomed across the four types of participants, who perceived them as polite, friendly and interesting because of the novelty they brought to their daily lives. Awareness towards tradition and its conservation, as well as an increase in events, were also positively influenced by tourism development. Almost no negative impacts were perceived by the participants. Finally, in comparison to other communities located along the pilgrimage route, the participants recognized that Chikatsuyu was less developed and received less benefits from tourism because of its location as a waypoint place. However, they were satisfied with the level of development achieved by Chikatsuyu and had no ill feelings towards more developed communities. The study's results have implications for tourism management on pilgrimage routes, especially for a sustainable development of it as locals favor smallscale growth rather than mass tourism.

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Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

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2018

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“…Oh et al, 2019) and Japan (e.g. Kato and Progano, 2017), as well as in the Middle East, including Mason’s work on the Jordan Trail, and Kliot and Collins-Kreiner’s (2018) exploration of the role of nation and place identity on the Israel National Trail.…”

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Tourist’s mobilities: Walking, cycling, driving and waiting

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“…In addition to utilizing the healing qualities of the natural environment such as walking, spiritual tourism has become an important part of tourism outside the religious context including health, welfare, and self-improvement. The point is that spirituality and tourism in destination management are important where local community involvement is needed (Kato, & Progano, 2017;Uchenna, Obieleum, & PU Okpoko, 2017).…”

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Legal Protection Analysis Of Maria Cave As a Spiritual Tourism

Sudarmanto

2020

JISoP

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The tourism potential in Indonesia is very significant. However, based on the phenomenon that occurs in several tourist destinations around the world it is found that many tourist attractions are especially damaged in Indonesia due to irresponsible actions. The purpose of this study was to reveal the legal protection of one of the tourist attractions in Indonesia, Maria Cave as a spiritual tourism destination in the City of Kediri. The study was conducted based on research methods using normative jurisdiction review. The results of the study revealed that so far the legal protection of spiritual tourism has been supported by the government but concretely has not been found in the Kadiri city government regulations. Therefore, to minimize the existence of activities that can cause damage and forms of protection of existing tourist destinations, it is necessary to specifically make government and local government regulations as well as to supervise and impose strict sanctions on all forms of irresponsible actions which are certainly supported by a budget enough when using technology for sustainable tourism. Both the community, tourists and entrepreneurs have their respective obligations that must be obeyed in accordance with the provisions and laws in force in Indonesia.

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Spiritual (walking) tourism as a foundation for sustainable destination development: Kumano-kodo pilgrimage, Wakayama, Japan

Cited by 65 publications

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Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

Tourist’s mobilities: Walking, cycling, driving and waiting

Legal Protection Analysis Of Maria Cave As a Spiritual Tourism

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