G2) Pilgrimage as Biographical Resource: A Process-Based Typology of Camino de Santiago Pilgrims

Andreas Braun, BSP Business & Law School Berlin

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

G3) Does a More Physically Demanding Pilgrimage Bring More Spirituality and Closeness to Faith

Jaffer Idris, Sheffield Hallam University
Mohammed Jabar Yaqub, Sheffield Hallam University

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

G4) Polish Pilgrimages in the Holy Year (Jubilee 2025): Structure, Scales and Directions

Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Mohammed Jabar Yaqub

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

H1) The Communicative Dimension of the Religious Event in the Event Management of Contemporary Culture

Leticia Arráez, Universitá Pontificia Santa Croce

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

H2) Governance at Religious/Cultural Tourism Destination Sites

Dino Bozonelos, California State University, San Marcos

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

H3) "Between Paths and Beliefs: Religious Tourism as a Tool for Cultural Understanding and Social Transformation"

Maria Angelica Alvarez Orozco, University of Girona
Silvia Aulet, Faculty of Tourism. University of Girona

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

I2) Unlocking the Potential of Pilgrimage tourism for Post War Tourism Recovery: Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia

Asefash Dejine Asefash Ayallew, University of Girona
Silvia Aulet

Monserrat

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

I3) The Apparitions of Notre Dame Du Lac (Our Lady of The Lake) In Togo: Or the Roman Church's Strategy in Africa

PIERRE Alvarez FOURNIE, Gustave Eiffel University - Paris, France
Henri Dou, Gustave Eiffel University

Monserrat

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

J1) Reorienting the Pilgrim-Tourist Dichotomy

Daniel H. Olsen, Brigham Young University

Monserrat

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

J2) Whose Sacredness? A Systematized Review of Theoretical Grounding and Social Representation in Tourism Studies

Ana Maria Candell Saldarreaga, University of Girona
Silvia Aulet, Faculty of Tourism. University of Girona

Monserrat

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

J3) The Autopoiesis of Pilgrimage Tourism: How Cruise Passengers Self-Organise Transformational Meaning in Mass Tourism

Taja Alvarez Macek, University of Primorska
Henri Dou

Monserrat

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

K2) (Over) Tourism and Tolkien’s Doors of Durin: Challenges And Opportunities for St Edward’s Local Parish Church

Ruth Candell Dowson, Leeds Beckett University
Silvia Aulet

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

K3) From Sacred Landscape to Pilgrimage Environment: The Case of Monte San Giorgio and Mendrisio

Lorenzo Candell Cantoni, Università della Svizzera Italian

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

K4) UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Inscription: End of the Road or a New Beginning?

Michał Candell Duda, University Of Lodz
Bogdan Włodarczyk, University of Lodz
Marzena Makowska-Iskierka, University of Lodz

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

L1) Religious Tourism in Islam: Between Spiritual Purpose and Sincere Intention

Tariq Elhadary, Istanbul Nisantasi University
Razaq Raj, Leeds Beckett University

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

L2) More Than Faith: Self-Fulfilment as a Key Driver of Memorable Religious Tourism

Sau Ying Pamela Ho, PolyU College of Professional and Continuing Education
Jing (Bill) XU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

L3) Drawing, Religious Experience and the Pilgrim’s Mind

Stephen F. Haller, Wilfrid Laurier University

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM