Religion Tourism Sample Assignment
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Religion Tourism Sample Assignment
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Religion Tourism 2Table of Contents1. Introduction............................................................................................................................32. Definition of Niche tourism...................................................................................................32.1 The concept of Niche tourism..........................................................................................32.2 Niche tourism framework.................................................................................................42.2.1 Macro Niches and Micro Niches...............................................................................42.3 Examples of niche tourism categories..............................................................................43. Religion Tourism...................................................................................................................43.1 History of Religion tourism..............................................................................................43.2 Example of religion tourism activities.............................................................................53.3 Traveller profile................................................................................................................63.4 Religious destinations.......................................................................................................63.4.1 Lumbini......................................................................................................................73.4.2 Vatican City...............................................................................................................73.4.3 Wittenberg.................................................................................................................73.4.4 Mecca.........................................................................................................................73.4.5 Badrinath....................................................................................................................73.4.6 Western Wall.............................................................................................................83.5 Religious travel associations............................................................................................83.6 Tour Operators..................................................................................................................83.6.1 The Catholic Tour......................................................................................................83.6.2 Catholic Travel Centre...............................................................................................83.6.3 Educational Opportunities.........................................................................................93.6.4 Globus Faith...............................................................................................................93.7 Conflict and Issues...........................................................................................................93.8. Risk of religion tourism...................................................................................................93.7 Religion tourism and business........................................................................................104. Conclusion............................................................................................................................10References................................................................................................................................11
Religion Tourism 31. Introduction The tourism industry is one of the fast growing industry in most of the global economies.According to the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations (UNWTO), world-widetourist entrances will hit 1.8 billion by 2030 (UNWTO, 2011). The perception of most of theWestern and European countries about tourism is that it is all about beaches, hiking, beaches,hotels and not more to do with religion. Additionally, the combination of the terms of religionand tourism is negatively perceived by the church folks, more so the religious leaders andreligious institutions (Stausberg, 2012). Nonetheless, religious tourism as an element of thebroader culture of leisure is a significant cultural phenomenon and which also manifests itselfin various forms (Raj and Griffin, 2015). Whereas the involvement in the traditionalinstitutional arrangements of religion is losing hold upon the people, the influence of faithamong the people cannot be underrated. A lot of people visit destinations, buildings, activitiesthat have a belief bearing for religious purposes or even when there is no supernaturalpurpose for it. 2. Definition of Niche tourism Niche tourism refers to the manner in which a specific tourist product or service can becustomized to meet the demands of a given audience or market section (Marson, 2011).According to Ali-Knight (2010) areas with specific niche products can differentiatethemselves from others by providing niche tourism destinations. 2.1 The concept of Niche tourism The emergence of the concept of niche tourism can be traced back to a few years back whenit was typically known as mass tourism. Niche tourism was developed as an advancement ofmass tourism in the wake of world globalization leads to the sameness of products andservices offered in the world market (Marson, 2011). Niche tourism is a combination ofrefined practices that differentiates tourists. It represents diversity and techniques of markingthe difference. It was developed to counter the setbacks by the mass and package tourism
Religion Tourism 4regarding ecological miss-use and sociocultural nuisance. Niche tourism is perceived to be amechanism for economic growth, provides better prospects and is less damaging. Mostimportantly, both tourists and destination managers like it because it meets their needs whilesafeguarding the environment (Marson, 2011).2.2 Niche tourism framework. The Niche tourism framework is majorly attributed to Novelli and Robinson (2007). Theframework is broadly divided into macro and micro niches.2.2.1 Macro Niches and Micro NichesMacro Niches are the sub-sections of niche tourism that comprise comparatively sizeablehomogeneous market sectors each capable of the further subdivision to form micro niches asshown in figure 1 below2.3 Examples of niche tourism categories. Figure 1 below shows the various examples of niche tourism categories.
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