Travel agencies and priests as spiritual leaders
The merits of collaboration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12697455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tinka Delakorda Kawashima (0000-0003-1651-5116, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 40-56 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tourist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-7976 • E-ISSN: 1741-3206 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468797615588430 |
| OpenAlex | W2319058781 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Journeys, labeled pilgrimages, appear to be flourishing in many parts of the world, not least owing to advances in transportation and communication technologies and growing tourism industries. However, surprisingly little research covers the role played by travel agencies and their professional tour leaders in organizing, carrying out, and even transforming the pilgrimage as a religious practice. In this article, I examine the role of travel agencies and tour leaders as mediators between people and priests. In Slovenia, travel agencies are launching pilgrimages led by so-called “spiritual leaders”—priests who have been gaining in popularity as leaders of pilgrim groups seemingly because they are able to joke, sing, and talk to people outside confessional boxes in a “human way.” The Catholic Church and travel agencies are together able to provide pilgrimage with spiritual care in combination with leisure, thus contributing to the revitalization of religious practice in Slovenia
Confessional · Flourishing · Pilgrim · Pilgrimage · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Public relations · Religious Tourism · Sociology · Tourism · Halal products and consumer behavior · History · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Psychology · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |