Conflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism

Managing Diversity in Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage highlights the role of religious tourism as a tool for cultural relations and its interrelationships with other aspects of pilgrimage management in the formation of culture and society.Divided in to three sections the book presents the role which faith plays in cross-cultural conflict resolution and opens dialogue and activism by being responsive to common challenges of peace making and coexistence within and among the world's many traditions. It contains current and diverse empirical research insights on aspects of religious traditions, conflicts and challenges, presented via a range of contemporary case studies, related to ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations and new forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities.This is an important resource that will demonstrate to the reader the intrinsic elements and events that have a crucial role to play within the pilgrimage management process, and how such elements may be managed when dealing with minorities and diverse cultural interactions.
Written from multidisciplinary approaches, this book will be a useful resource for those studying and researching tourism and cultural management.