Section 1 – Introductory Essays
Pilgrims between East and West
Two international conferences, one in 1967 and the latest in 2007, held in Cordoba,
Spain, by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), entitled “Tourism and Religions:
A Contribution to the Dialogue of Cultures, Religions and Civilizations”, highlight the
sociology of religions in world tourism. The Cordoba conference concentrated on the
role of tourism in the dialogue between civilizations while the present study focuses on
the East and the West taking a journey of self discovery via religious tourism. The
importance of Asia and the Pacific in religious tourism is seen by the fact that of an
estimated 600 million religious and spiritual voyages, 40% were in Europe and around
half in Asia. However, some fundamental problems like the measuring of tourism flows
raised in Cordoba, is once again relevant in the analysis of any tourism investigation
because good statistics are vital for the understanding of facts, and this is a missing
link in religious tourism in Asia
Section 1 – Introductory EssaysPilgrims between East and WestTwo international conferences, one in 1967 and the latest in 2007, held in Cordoba,Spain, by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), entitled “Tourism and Religions:A Contribution to the Dialogue of Cultures, Religions and Civilizations”, highlight thesociology of religions in world tourism. The Cordoba conference concentrated on therole of tourism in the dialogue between civilizations while the present study focuses onthe East and the West taking a journey of self discovery via religious tourism. Theimportance of Asia and the Pacific in religious tourism is seen by the fact that of anestimated 600 million religious and spiritual voyages, 40% were in Europe and aroundhalf in Asia. However, some fundamental problems like the measuring of tourism flowsraised in Cordoba, is once again relevant in the analysis of any tourism investigationbecause good statistics are vital for the understanding of facts, and this is a missinglink in religious tourism in Asia
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