Religious Tourism in the Diaspora: Orthodox Christian Monasteries in North America

Dino Bozonelos, California State University, San Marcos

3A - Case Studies

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Sanctuaries and Catholic kitsch: hypertrophy of devotional production

Fiorella Giacalone, Department of Political Sciences, University of Perugia-Italy

3A - Case Studies

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

The Body Of Christ (“Corpus Christi”): Feast, Devotion and Local/Regional Tourism in Sao Manuel City (Brazil)

Gílson de Lima Garófalo, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brasil
Terezinha Filgueiras de Pinho, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Roraima (IFRR), Brasil

3A - Case Studies

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Osaka’s Thirteen Buddhas: The Proliferation of Modern Japanese Pilgrimage Routes Extended Abstract

Greg Wilkinson, Brigham Young University

3B - Routes

11:31 AM - 1:00 PM

The increasing value of Cultural Routes and Religious Itineraries for potential tourism destinations.

Elisa Piva, Università del Piemonte Orientale
Stefania Cerutti, università del Piemonte Orientale

3B - Routes

11:31 AM - 1:00 PM

The Proliferation, Commercialization, and Secularization of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune Pilgrimages in Modern Japan

Daniel H. Olsen, Brigham Young University
Greg Wilkinson, Bringham Young University

3B - Routes

11:31 AM - 1:00 PM

Jacob’s Ladder: Sa‘ī

Abdulla Galadari, Khalifa University, UAE

3C - Islamic Pilgrimage

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Managing Hosts and Guests in Diyafa Tradition

Shin Yasuda, Teikyo University, Japan

3C - Islamic Pilgrimage

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

New Step from Islamic Countries for Tourism: OIC, the Concept of Capital City of Islamic Tourism

Yasin Bilim, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Tourism

3C - Islamic Pilgrimage

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Marian Midsize Shrines: three itineraries between Portugal and Slovakia

Vitor Ambrósio, ESHTE
Carla Norte Braga, ESHTE
Isilda Leitão, Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE) - Portugal
Carlos Fernandes, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Alfred Krogmann, Department of Geography and Regional Development FNS CPU in Nitra, Slovakia
Magdaléna Nemčíková, Department of Geography and Regional Development FNS CPU in Nitra, Slovakia

3D - Product Development

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Perspectives of religious tourism in Azerbaijan

Darius Liutikas, Lithuanian Social Research Center

3D - Product Development

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tourism in religious sites as type of ethnography tourism

Sílvia Aulet Serrallonga, University of Girona
Dolors Vidal-Casellas, University of Girona
Neus Crous, University of Girona

3D - Product Development

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM