Tourism and religion: an uneasy relationship?

Authors

Jan te Kloeze, Foundation WICE-DSL

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The interrelationship of religion and tourism has barely been touched upon in research (Vukonić, 1996). Smart (1996) distinguishes various dimensions of religion, but not in terms of cultural meaning and identity. Changes take place, for instance in Islamic beliefs, from relatively tolerant to extremely intolerant (Bauer, 2011), or in terms of secularisation in Christianity (Giddens, 1993). This paper questions how hosts and host societies perceive tourists’ behaviour while relating their perception to religious (or cultural) convictions. How far does this perception lead to condemnation through disapproval, bans, resistance, or violence? Nevertheless, Cavanaugh (2009) warns against the myth of religious violence.

Publication Date

2014-01-01

Publication Title

Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice

Volume

6

Issue

1

First Page

136

Last Page

149

ISSN

1757-031X

Embargo Period

2024-10-18

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

te Kloeze, Jan (2014) "Tourism and religion: an uneasy relationship?," Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice: Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/jtcp/vol6/iss1/8