Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Establishing Linkages between Religious Travel and Tourism; 2 The Globalization of Pilgrimage Tourism? Some Thoughts from Ireland; 3 Motivations for Religious Tourism, Pilgrimage, Festivals and Events; 4 The Management and Marketing of Religious Sites, Pilgrimage and Religious Events: Challenges for Roman Catholic Pilgrimages in Croatia; 5 Sustaining Tourism Infrastructures for Religious Tourists and Pilgrims within the UK; 6 Sacred Pilgrimage and Tourism as Secular Pilgrimage; 7 Religion, Pilgrimage, Mobility and Immobility

8 Religious Tourism and Cultural Pilgrimage: a Chinese Perspective9 Centring the Visitor: Promoting a Sense of Spirituality in the Caribbean; 10 Case Study 1: The Festival of Sacrifice and Travellers to the City of Heaven (Makkah); 11 Case Study 2: Christian/Catholic Pilgrimage - Studies and Analyses; 12 Case Study 3: Ancient and Modern Pilgrimage: El Camino Frances; 13 Case Study 4: The Symbolic Representation of Religion, Culture and Heritage and their Implications on the Tourism Experience. The Example of the 'Ciudad de Cultura' in Santiago de Compostela

14 Case Study 5: The Importance and the Role of Faith (Religious) Tourism in the Alternative Tourism Resources in Turkey15 Case Study 6: Visiting Sacred Sites in India: Religious Tourism or Pilgrimage?; 16 Case Study 7: Islamic Pilgrimage and the Market Need for Travel Insurance; 17 Case Study 8: Fátima - the Religious Tourism Altar; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z