Smith (1992a) refers to as the ‘mission in guest'. At one extreme it is prescribed as sacred pilgrimage, a journey drove by faith, religion and spiritual fulfilment; at the other extreme it is prescribed as a tourist who may seek to satisfy some personal or spiritual need through tourism. Between these two points can be found different forms and intensities of spiritual tourism are motivated to a greater or lesser extent by religious or, conversely, cultural or knowledge-based needs. As Smith (1992a) puts it, some religious tourists may be ‘more pilgrim than tourist', whereas others may be ‘more tourist than pilgrim'.