Visitors’ diversified motivations and behavior – the case of the pilgrimage center in Krakow (Poland)

Liro, Justyna; Sołjan, Izabela; Bilska-Wodecka, Elżbieta

doi:10.1080/14766825.2017.1332068

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“…The first objective of this research was to determine the motivational components of religious tourism as applied to pilgrimages to a sacred city. Three motivational elements emerged from the findings: religious, social and cultural, and shopping [3,5,11,31,56,59]. These authors all found the religious motive of our study to be religious.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Religious tourism is a type of tourism as old as religions have existed on this Earth that took the form of a Pilgrimage [10]. It has grown and developed during the past centuries according to changes in society, culture, economy, science, and technology [11]. Religious tours involve visits to churches, temples, museums, monasteries, shrines, and mosques.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework 21 Motivations In Religious Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Segmentation of Religious Tourism by Motivations: A Study of the Pilgrimage to the City of Mecca

Hassan

Carvache‐Franco

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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The present study about the pilgrimage to Mecca aims to: (i) identify the motivational dimensions of the demand for religious tourism, (ii) determine the segments of the demand for religious tourism, (iii) establish the relationship between the segments and socio-demographic aspects, and (iv) establish the relationship between tourist segments and their satisfaction and loyalty in the religious tourism destination of Mecca. The research was carried out on pilgrims who had visited Mecca who lived in Bahrain, a country located on the Persian Gulf, where most of its population is Muslim. The sample consisted of 350 surveys obtained online. A factor and K-means clusters analysis were used to reduce and group the data. The results show three motivational dimensions: religious, social and cultural, and shopping. Additionally, there were also three segments of demand: the “Multiple motives,” with high scores in all the motivational variables, the “Passive tourists” with low levels of motivation and the “Religious,” with motivations in variables related to religion. The “Multiple motives” and the “Religious” segments had high satisfaction and loyalty levels. The results will serve as guides for the management of religious destinations and contribute to the academic literature on this subject.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 62%

Section: Theoretical Framework 21 Motivations In Religious Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Segmentation of Religious Tourism by Motivations: A Study of the Pilgrimage to the City of Mecca

Hassan

Carvache‐Franco

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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“…Similarly, interest is higher among female Muslims in comparison to males. Another research by Liro et al (2017) regarding the behaviour and motivation of the tourists (visiting the religious site of Krakow, Poland) stated that here tourists exhibit diversified motivation and behaviour. In their study based on the place of origin of the tourists, they found that visitors from Poland show a great interest in the cultural facilities, food outlets /restaurants, handicraft/souvenir shops, sanctuary etc apart from religious objects/ buildings.…”

Section: Analysing Religious Tourist Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 98%

Does Demographic Factor Affect Tourist Behaviour? Findings From the Religious Site of Jagannath Dham, India

Sahoo¹,

Mohanty²

2022

GTG

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According to a report by UNWTO 'Asia and the pacific region' is considered as the core of the world's religious tourism as half of the world's religious voyages take place in this region only. In this context the 'Great India temples' play a major role in attracting crores of pilgrims along with the tourists of varied interests. These tourists exhibit different types of behaviour during their travel. As the behaviour is largely dependent upon the tourists' nature (belief, trust, motivation), place of residence, state, age, education etc, hence analyzing the same will help the Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) for 'planning, development and marketing' of its products and services in a better way. The current research intends to find out the demographic profile of the tourists visiting Jagannath Dham, Puri (India) and analyse the 'socio-religious behaviour' of the tourists from their demographic characteristics to provide suggestive measures for the development of the destination. The responses from the tourists (404) were collected through a structured questionnaire via convenience sampling. Initially, the demographic profile was analysed through percentage analysis and later the behavioural analysis was carried out by testing the instrument's reliability through (α), and the sample's adequacy via KMO & Bartlett's test. Later the factors were reduced via PCA and analysed through Levene's test, ANOVA & Post-Hoc tests. From the analysis, it was observed that behavioural characteristics are significantly associated only with the 'state of the residence' and 'nature of residence' of the travelers. Whereas other demographic factors like age, education, gender, and marital status are not significantly affecting the tourist behaviour. The results revealed that people from 'all age groups' show a very little dependency on the temple staff but 'moderate to high interest' in local culture. While metropolitan tourists don't show much desire in partaking Mahaprashada (the religious food offering of the temple), the rural people are less 'adhering to rituals' in comparison to the metropolitan and semi-urban tourists. Apart from this, there were few other revelations based on which suggestions have been given which were if implemented will certainly result in attracting more number of tourist to the destination.

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“…Although the lines between pilgrim motivations and the impetuses of religious tourists are increasingly imprecise 24 example in this sense), and also despite evidence that this trend is replicated in other parts of the world, including Eastern Europe, 25 research has shown that distinct religious or devotional motivations continue to rank highly in what drives people to engage in pilgrimage. 26 In that sense, for example, one benchmark for differentiating pilgrims from tourists has been to associate participation in pilgrimage with the idea of sacrifice. 27 The pilgrim is making an "embodied offering"-an offering of their time, devotion, and energy by not shying away from the physically-demanding nature of a pilgrimage.…”

Section: A) the Imperative Of The Incarnation And Accessing The Sacre...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“Seeking the Sacred through Pilgrimage”: A Theological Perspective

Herescu¹

2021

Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies

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This paper aims to offer a theological taxonomy vis-à-vis the practice of pilgrimage. The taxonomy is constructed around three theological imperatives: that of Revelation, of the Incarnation, and the Sacramental. Acknowledging the polymorphic nature of pilgrimages, as religious, social, and ethno-cultural events which invite multi-layered investigation, this paper proposes an interdisciplinary bridging exercise by translating these theological imperatives into language that can be related to the sociological, anthropological, or ethnographic approach to pilgrimage, in order to highlight some interdisciplinary points of correspondence. The paper also touches on issues of secularization, the negotiation of public space by the religious event, and queries the role of the Church-particularly in the Eastern Orthodox context-in translating or inhibiting the translation of said theological imperatives in the wider social milieu.

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Visitors’ diversified motivations and behavior – the case of the pilgrimage center in Krakow (Poland)

Cited by 18 publications

References 34 publications

Segmentation of Religious Tourism by Motivations: A Study of the Pilgrimage to the City of Mecca

Segmentation of Religious Tourism by Motivations: A Study of the Pilgrimage to the City of Mecca

Does Demographic Factor Affect Tourist Behaviour? Findings From the Religious Site of Jagannath Dham, India

“Seeking the Sacred through Pilgrimage”: A Theological Perspective

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