Location
4B - Marketing
Start Date
30-6-2017 2:30 PM
End Date
30-6-2017 4:00 PM
Description
Our case study is the Federation of Damanhur. Damanhur, one of the most important spiritual communities in Europe, is located in ValChiusella, fifty kilometres north of Torino, Piedmont, Italy. At present, according to the community’s estimates, about 600 members live there permanently. Damanhur every year hosts thousands of visitors who experience the spiritual community thanks to daily tours, weekly stays and seminars. Since some years some scholars of the University of Torino are studying the community of Damanhur, with particular attention to the relationship between the spiritual dimension and the economy, including tourism. In this paper we present some results of the tourist stay in Damanhur of one of us (Stefania Palmisano). This stay was used by Stefania as a quick ethnography allowing her to begin to understand the major aspects of spiritual vision and the characteristics of this spiritual tourist experience.
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The spiritual seekers and the 'tourist bubble': the Aminè experience
4B - Marketing
Our case study is the Federation of Damanhur. Damanhur, one of the most important spiritual communities in Europe, is located in ValChiusella, fifty kilometres north of Torino, Piedmont, Italy. At present, according to the community’s estimates, about 600 members live there permanently. Damanhur every year hosts thousands of visitors who experience the spiritual community thanks to daily tours, weekly stays and seminars. Since some years some scholars of the University of Torino are studying the community of Damanhur, with particular attention to the relationship between the spiritual dimension and the economy, including tourism. In this paper we present some results of the tourist stay in Damanhur of one of us (Stefania Palmisano). This stay was used by Stefania as a quick ethnography allowing her to begin to understand the major aspects of spiritual vision and the characteristics of this spiritual tourist experience.