Religious Tourism in Asia: Tradition and Change Through Case Studies and Narratives

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Religious tourism and sacred sites in Asia / Kevin Griffin, Razaq Raj, Shin Yasuda -- The rise of heritage and religious tourism to sacred sites in Oman / Kristel Kessler and Razaq Raj -- Entrepreneurship in religious tourism: a case study of the management strategy of Islamic tour operators in Mumbai, India / Shin Yasuda -- Spiritual tourism in Sufism in South Asia / Syed Amjad Farid Hasnu and Saad Aslam -- Perspectives of religious tourism in Azerbaijan / Darius Liutikas -- The sacred in caves and mountains: Animist and Christian interfaces in the Philippines / Honey Libertine Achanzar-Labor -- Religious tourism in the ideological framework of Chinese tourism education / Maximiliano E. Korstanje and Babu P. George -- Religious tourism: the beginning of a new era with special reference to India / Rumki Bandyopadhyay and Kushagra Rajendra -- Sacred places, tourism and cultural heritage: pilgrimages to West Java / Jurgen Hellman -- To own the sacred, to control the people: Mahabodhi temple complex, India / Nikhil Joshi -- Religious and pilgrimage routes of Buddhist tourism / Juyan Zhang, Dharma Adhikari -- Religious migrations in contemporary Kazakhstan / Gulnara Mendikulova, Evgeniya Nadezhuk -- Religious festival in tourism: a comparative perspective / Jingjing Yang, and Zhang Lingyun -- To brand Gandhara, the ancient Buddhist center: Pakistan's potential to develop Buddhist tourism / Juyan Zhang -- Nankana Sahib as "Nankana Sahib: a symbol of religious coexistence" / Abdus Sattar Abbasi -- The destination marketing development of religious tourism in Uzbekistan / Bakhtiyor Navruz-Zoda, Zebiniso Navruz-zoda -- Religion and religious tourism: a case study of Kerala / Subhash Kizhakanveatil Bhaskaran Pillai.

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Shin Yasuda teaches at Teikyo University, Japan. Dr Razaq Raj is Principal Lecturer in the Leeds Business School. His research interests include community events, outdoor events, economic impacts, religious tourism, cultural festivals and sustainable tourism, cultural diversity in events management and international tourism. Dr Razaq Raj is the author of the textbooks Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective, Event Management: An integrated and practical approach and Event Management and Sustainability. Dr Razaq Raj is also a board member of international journals and academic associations. Editor of International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Editor of International Journal of Islands Research Editor of International Journal of Islamic TourismSeries Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series Dr.Kevin Griffin Bed, MA, PhD. Having studied teaching then tourism organisation and historic settlement I worked in a number of Geography Departments in the Dublin / Kildare area. Since 2001 I have worked at the DIT where I am actively involved in teaching and researching a broad range of tourism topics with particular specialism in both heritage and sustainable tourism. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Editor in Chief, International Journal of Tour Guiding Research Editor in Chief, International Journal of Islands ResearchSeries Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series Research Interests My main areas of academic interest include: * Tourism and Sustainability / Environmental Issues* Heritage Tourism* Religious Tourism / Pilgrimage* Social Tourism* Teaching Methodologies and Tourism* Local History / Heritage

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