THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO The Interplay of European Heritage and New Traditions

Local Pasts and International Inspirations: The Heritagisation and Caminoisation of Pilgrimage Landscapes in Norway

“…Pilgrimage has become an identity marker for individuals engaging in its social arena, and an issue ranging from the practical tasks of mapping, marking routes and accommodating pilgrims, through to places to meet and receive guidance before, on and after the journeys, to anchoring projects in local communities along the routes. As has also been observed in other studies, significant overlaps exist between pilgrims, accommodators and researchers (Eade and Sallnow 1991;Frey 1998;Coleman and Elsner 2003;Schrire 2007;Margry 2008a;Mikaelsson 2008Mikaelsson , 2017Sepp 2012;Øian 2019;Grau 2021). The interviewees were chosen by virtue of their role related to accommodating pilgrims in administrative projects, either in paid positions or as volunteers.…”

“…The "reanimation" of the Camino (Frey 1998) from the 1960s is, in turn, entangled in broader political and social developments at the national and international levels. This includes mass tourism, a growing interest in alternative spirituality and a transnational, political ambition after the Second World War to rebuild Europe through a collective past thematised as cultural heritage (Frey 1998;Schrire 2007;Margry 2008b;Murray 2021). A characteristic of the Norwegian pilgrimage realisations is that government ministries and directorates are heavily involved in managing the St Olav Ways.…”

Camino del Cid: ¿Un ejemplo de buenas prácticas turísticas?

“…Por tanto, a pesar de que el Camino de Santiago era considerado en la década de 1990 un ejemplo de turismo sostenible (Murray & Graham, 1997), es necesario matizar que la inicial euforia producida por la reconversión turística iniciada en el itinerario no ha tenido los resultados socioeconómicos esperados, especialmente en términos de fijación de población y dinamismo socioeconómico para las localidades afectadas (Andrade et al, 2010). Es por ello que se vienen planteando acciones para compaginar el uso conjunto del itinerario por peregrinos y turistas, preservar la identidad cultural del itinerario, y mejorar su capacidad de desarrollo socioeconómico (Grabow, 2010;Moscarelli et al, 2020;Schrire, 2008).…”

“…Estas particularidades del Camino de Santiago y sus implicaciones, junto con la distinta visión que tienen del mismo tanto la UNESCO como el Consejo de Europa (Schrire, 2008), han derivado en numerosas investigaciones, dedicadas a analizar los distintos caminos existentes (Alonso, 2009;Duque, 2014), las implicaciones del itinerario en el desarrollo de zonas periféricas (Lopez et al, 2017), su trascendencia internacional (Maak, 2009), o incluso, la imagen de los peregrinos a través del cine (Lopez, 2020).…”