The COVID-19 Pandemic and Religious Travel: Present and Future Trends
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has had dramatic effects on both the health and economic stability of countries around the world. While several scholars and media commentators have suggested that the pandemic would be a good time to reset an unsustainable tourism system, left out of these discussions...
| Subtitles: | "The Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage" |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin Institute of Technology
[2020]
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| In: |
The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 7, Pages: 170-188 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Religious practice
/ Spiritual tourism
/ Sustainable development
/ Health care
/ Socioeconomic change
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
religious travel
B Tourism B Medicalization B Pilgrimage B Sustainability B Covid-19 Pandemic |
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| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has had dramatic effects on both the health and economic stability of countries around the world. While several scholars and media commentators have suggested that the pandemic would be a good time to reset an unsustainable tourism system, left out of these discussions has been the impacts on religion and religious travel. The purpose of this paper is to review the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion and religious travel, including the tensions that have arisen between religious communities, governments and health officials. The paper then discusses potential futures regarding religious travel in a post-COVID-19 and post-secular world. |
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| ISSN: | 2009-7379 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21427/8d5e-kn04 |