Abstract
This study aims to question the impact of mass tourism on the religious expression of the Corsicans. In 2012, across France, 44% of cultural tourism had a spiritual and religious aspect, representing around 20 million travellers (Baziou, 2004:336). It is often the discovery of heritage, whether built or intangible, that leads people to engage in this form of ‘religious tourism’. Although arising from good intentions, this form of tourism is accompanied by a process of secularisation that alters the very object being sought. This is what we shall examine through a synchronic and diachronic study of the Catenacciu di Sartène, which appears to constitute a paradigmatic case. Indeed, this ritual has been directly and profoundly affected by the tourist phenomenon, giving rise to both a spectacularisation and a commercialisation of the religious rite.
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Marchiani, Pierre-François
(2026)
"Impact of Mass Tourism on Corsican Religion: Between Spectacularisation and Commercialisation the Case of the Sartène Catenacciu,"
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage:
Vol. 14:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
doi:https://doi.org/10.21427/hfjr-cz37
Available at:
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol14/iss2/5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/hfjr-cz37