The changing roman catholic pilgrimage centres in Europe in the context of contemporary socio-cultural changes

Religious Tourism’s Impact on City Space: Service Zones around Sanctuaries

“…Religious tourism is one of the fastest-growing, changing sectors in the world tourism market (Reader 2014;Eade 2017;Collins-Kreiner 2019) and religious motives are still one of the common reasons for travelling around the world. As a result of socio-cultural changes in the 20th and 21st centuries-for example, mass tourism development (including religious tourism); the universality, accessibility and growing popularity of travel; the secularization, commercialization (Kaufman 2005) and globalization of societies and life (Gökariksel 2009)-changes in pilgrims' needs, motivations and behavior have occurred (Sołjan and Liro 2020;Liro 2021). Social progress has also affected the ways in which people go on pilgrimages.…”

“…Social progress has also affected the ways in which people go on pilgrimages. They demand higher-quality accommodation and other features of modern life also in pilgrimage centers (Liro et al 2018;Sołjan and Liro 2020). Their expectations and new standards of facilities result in increasingly extensive, diverse and spatial development sanctuaries (Sołjan 2012;Sołjan and Liro 2020) and significantly influence the spatial structures of the cities where they are located.…”

“…They demand higher-quality accommodation and other features of modern life also in pilgrimage centers (Liro et al 2018;Sołjan and Liro 2020). Their expectations and new standards of facilities result in increasingly extensive, diverse and spatial development sanctuaries (Sołjan 2012;Sołjan and Liro 2020) and significantly influence the spatial structures of the cities where they are located. All these changes might be a response to the needs of the 'new' pilgrimage center visitors mentioned by Eade and Sallnow (1991); Badone and Roseman (2004); Collins-Kreiner (2010a, 2010b, Shinde and Rizello (2014) and (Liro 2021;Liro et al 2017), whose motivations and expectations become diverse and have much in common with tourism in the traditional sense.…”

“…The mentioned socio-cultural changes in the 20th and 21st centuries and the blurring of the boundaries between tourism and pilgrimages in many aspects have influenced pilgrimage centers (Sołjan 2012;Sołjan and Liro 2020). Today, pilgrimage centers are developed with multiple buildings (called sacred complexes or religious-recreational parks), offering additional cultural and tourist facilities for visitors.…”

“…Today, pilgrimage centers are developed with multiple buildings (called sacred complexes or religious-recreational parks), offering additional cultural and tourist facilities for visitors. Contemporary pilgrimage centers are diverse in size, spatial organization, the number and type of buildings, as well as in the their development (Sołjan 2012;Sołjan and Liro 2020). Based on studies on pilgrimage centers, and taking into account the theoretical backgrounds to the space in sanctuaries (Rinschede 1987(Rinschede , 1988(Rinschede , 1995, a model of the contemporary pilgrimage center was developed (Sołjan and Liro 2020).…”