Tours That Bind: Diaspora, Pilgrimage, and Israeli Birthright Tourism – By Shaul Kelner

Benjamin, Mara

doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01493_6.x

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“…As noted above, Coleman (2021) suggests pilgrimage as a kind of embodied historiography, suggesting a deep investment in meaning-making for participants that extends beyond the formal aspects of pilgrimage travel. Similarly, for Shaul Kelner (2010), tourism is likewise about ways of knowing and relating to place. More specifically, it is "a specific genre of travel, in which individuals construct meaning through the consumption of place" (9).…”

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Race and the Politics of Pilgrimage for African American Christians in Palestine and Israel

Baumann

2022

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African American Christian travel to Israel and Palestine demonstrates the role of overlapping racial and religious identities in shaping how travelers understand their experiences in the Holy Land variously as traditional religious pilgrimage, tourism, and political engagement. While traditional accounts of pilgrimage frame it as an experience set apart from mundane realities and social hierarchies, new perspectives in the study of pilgrimage show how the social identities of travelers may shape religiously inspired travel. Four case studies of African American Christian travel to Palestine and Israel—including Christian Zionist and Palestinian solidarity tours—show how participant experiences and interpretations of sites are shaped by overlapping religious and racial collective identities, which affect the religious, economic, and political perceptions of travelers. The relevance of race to pilgrimage varies depending on past experiences of racial and religious histories, perceptions of racial injustice, race-specific theologies, and religious ethics. Solidarities with resident Israelis and Palestinians are encouraged or rejected depending on participant interpretations of overlapping racial and religious identities.

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Race and the Politics of Pilgrimage for African American Christians in Palestine and Israel

Baumann

2022

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“…At the beginning of the 21st century, it was estimated that one in every 33 people in the world lived in a place other than their country of birth (Kelner, 2012). This rate has doubled in about 15 years.…”

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A Socio-Cultural Research on The People of Yağlıdere Living in The Usa within The Scope of Diaspora Tourism

AYAZ,

KANCA

2023

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While many tourists become attached to a destination after repeated visits, immigrant tourists feel connected to the people, culture, and heritage of the destination prior to their visit. In this context, this study examines the visits of immigrants from Yaglidere who visit their ancestral lands as tourists in a sociological dimension from the United States of America. Exploratory research approach and phenomenology model were adopted as the research method in the study. In this study, in which qualitative research design was used, in-depth semi-structured interview technique was used as data collection technique. The research data was determined with maximum diversity using purposive sampling. The data obtained were coded, categorized and interpreted by content analysis used in qualitative data analysis. In the study, it was concluded that the main motivation for the participants to visit Turkey was to fulfill family and homesickness. It was determined that the participants visited Turkey because of its historical background, cultural diversity, food and natural beauties. Based on the results obtained in the study, it is thought that the tourism sector can develop marketing strategies for the development of diaspora tourism by considering the demands of the participants, thus providing more added value to the national economy and increasing the satisfaction rate of diaspora tourists.

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Tours That Bind: Diaspora, Pilgrimage, and Israeli Birthright Tourism – By Shaul Kelner

Cited by 2 publications

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Race and the Politics of Pilgrimage for African American Christians in Palestine and Israel

Race and the Politics of Pilgrimage for African American Christians in Palestine and Israel

A Socio-Cultural Research on The People of Yağlıdere Living in The Usa within The Scope of Diaspora Tourism

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