Pilgrimage and Sacred Places in Southeast Europe: History, Religious Tourism and Contemporary Trends

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Mario Katic, Tomislav Klarin, Mike McDonald
LIT Verlag Münster, 2014 - Business & Economics - 232 pages
This book focuses on the relationship between pilgrimage, religion, and tourism in the context of southeastern Europe. The book brings together scholars from a broad range of disciplines, discussing different approaches and understandings of pilgrimage and tourism. It offers a fascinating collection of case studies from across the region. (Series: Studies on South East Europe - Vol. 14) [Subject: European Studies, Religious Studies, Tourism, History]
 

Contents

Pilgrimage and Tourism in Southeast Europe
15
Pilgrims and the Plague on the Eastern Coast of the Adriatic
49
Macedonian Sacred Stone Sites as Pilgrimage and Tourist Attrac
65
Parishioners Pilgrims Tourists The Visitors of an Orthodox
79
Current Trends in Behaviour of Visitors to Medjugorje Pilgrimage
97
European Mecca or Ajvatovica as a Sacred Place and a Tourist
115
Rediscovering German and Austrian Sacred Places in Eastern
129
Pilgrimage andor Tourism in Bosnian Croat Shrine of Kondžilo
145
Sacred Heritage and Cultural Tourism A case of Dalmatian
159
Following the Cross Procession A Special Form of Religious
173
Impact of Sacred Sites on City Tours of Zadar Tourist Guides
189
Religious Tourism and Serbian Orthodox Church
205
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