Exploring the Strength of Shared Culture in Religious Tourism
A Cross-Culture Analysis
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Exploring the Strength of Shared Culture in Religious Tourism examines the dynamic intersections of culture, religion and tourism, showing how shared cultural practices and religious traditions shape destinations, mobilities, identities and community life. Bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives from tourism studies, sociology, religious studies, cultural studies and development research, this edited work considers how sacred places, pilgrimage routes, festivals, heritage sites and everyday cultural practices become meaningful tourism spaces. It positions shared culture and religion not simply as attractions, but as social forces that can generate belonging, intercultural understanding, economic opportunity and new forms of community resilience.
Relevant for researchers, postgraduate students, educators, policy makers and tourism practitioners, this volume responds to the growing need for scholarship that treats cultural and religious tourism as interconnected fields of inquiry and practice. Its international contributors explore the opportunities and tensions involved in developing tourism around sacred, cultural and community-based resources, including questions of authenticity, commodification, inclusion, governance, conservation and social impact.
Chapter 1. Buddhist Tourism as Cultural Heritage in Sri Lanka: Opportunities, Constraints, and Future Directions; Samantha W.S.
- Chapter 2. Balancing Cultural Heritage Conservation and Tourism Development: A Comparative Study of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Practices in India and Hong Kong; Sonal Sisodia, Rajeev Chib, and Neha Bhatia
- Chapter 3. Exporting Festival: Commodifying Diwali Festival and Nation Branding; Rhulia Nukhu
- Chapter 4. Exploring the Role of Shared Culture in Sustainable Tourism Development; Seyedeh Fatemeh Mostafavi Shirazi, Swati Sharma, and Manohar Sajnani
- Chapter 5. Spiritual and Emotional Features of Religious Tourism; Mohd Azhar and Mohd Junaid Akhtar
- Chapter 6. Integration of Religious Practices, Rituals, and History to Enhance Pilgrimage Tourism Experience at Golden Temple; Hardaman Singh Bhinder
- Chapter 7. Indigenous Tribes of Assam: Cultural Significance; Reemina Narzary and Rajdeep Deb
- Chapter 8. Guardians of the Past: The Vital Role of Tourism in Preserving Ancient Civilization with Special Reference to the Great Living Chola Temples; Arun Murugan E, P. Raja, and Mahalakshmi R
- Chapter 9. Harnessing Religious Culture in Tourism: Economic, Cultural and Sustainable Benefits; Ramesh Kumar Miryala, Jayaprakashnarayana Gade, and Srikrishna Gade
- Chapter 10. The Role of Religious Tourism in Implementing Cultural Heritage and Enhancing Travel Industry Practices; Mahalakshmi R, P. Raja, and Arun Murugan E
- Chapter 11. Leisure, Tourism & Colonial Urbanism: A Study of Darjeeling Hills (1835–1947); Tahit Sarkar
- Chapter 12. Spiritual and Emotional Features of Religious Tourism, Lord Murugan, the Peoples God; Shaheed Khan, Freeda Maria Swarna M., and Panch. Ramalingam
- Chapter 13. How Native Speakers and Local Communities Help Keep Languages Alive; Shivansu Sachan, Aishwarya Arya, Vanshika Srivastava, and Ankit Kumar
- Chapter 14. Archaeological Heritage Interpretation: Issues of Congruity, Dissonant, Contested and Selective Interpretation, The Case of Jordan; Abdelkader Ababneh and Khaled Al-Bashaireh
- Chapter 15. Cultural Factors and Tourism Development: Evidence from North Central Province in Sri Lanka; P. B. Sumithra Nandana Kumara and Mananage Shanika Hansini Rathnasiri
- Chapter 16. Implications of Cultural Transmission on Living Traditions: The Role of Shared Culture on Rural Community Life in India; Anila Thomas
- Chapter 17. From Pilgrimage to Protection: The Evolution of Religious Tourism and Its Implications for Human Rights in South Asia; Kaniz Kakon and Kaniz Kanta
- Chapter 18. Multiculturalism in South Asian Religious Tourism: A Journey through Spiritual, Emotional, and Cultural Landscapes; Kaniz Kakon
- Chapter 19. Religious Tourism – Experiencing Spiritual and Emotional Attainment in Guwahati, Assam; Triranga Deka
- Chapter 20. Faith in Motion: Factors Influencing Religious Tourist Perception (Special Context to India); Aarti Chopra and Ravi Kant Modi
Anukrati Sharma is Professor and Head of the Department of Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Kota, India.
Mokhlesur Rahman is Rector of the Bangladesh Institute of Tourism Studies, Bangladesh.
Nimit Chowdhary is Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan Technical University, India and Professor in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Jamia Millia Islamia, India.