Purpose–The growth of non-materialistic impulses among people around the world has led
to the emergence of a special category of tourism that can be termed 'spiritual tourism'. This …

The papers in this special issue, Geographies of Religion and Spirituality: Pilgrimage
beyond the 'Officially Sacred,'are placed in the context of a comprehensive theoretical …

From books to movies, the media is now flush with spiritual and wellness tourist-related
images, films, and fiction (which are primarily produced in the West) about Southeast Asia …

The Ecosystem Services Framework (ESF) is a powerful tool for understanding the
relationship between nature and society, and tourism is an important expression of this …

In the past decade, the number of spiritual tourists in Asia and across the world has rapidly
increased, impacting the environment and community lifestyles. This study aimed to develop …

Over the last two decades, an exponential rise has been observed in the growth of spiritual
tourism where travellers are preferring and visiting places of religious inclination seeking to …

Commercial activities exist at different religious sites and the practices arouse global
concern. This study identifies and assesses religious commercial activities and explores …

The COVID-19 disease has emerged as one of the biggest pandemics ever experienced in
the world and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus …

This study explores and tests the different factors affecting the revisit intentions of visitors to
spiritual-cultural tourist destinations in Vietnam. A sample of 460 tourists participated in the …

This article aims to identify the motivations that lead tourists to spiritual trips and to determine
the differences between the motivations of Turkish tourists living in Turkey for traveling to …