A2) Instagrammable Sacredness: The commodification and visual consumption of Mosque Tourism

Kristel Kessler, MCBS ( Modern College of Business and Science) - Oman

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A3) Reconstructing Sacredness in the Digital Age: Mobile Digital Sacred Spaces and Transformative Experiences in Heritage

Dong Fernàndez Wang, University de Girona
Silvia Gili Aulet, Faculty of Tourism. University of Girona

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

B1) The Implementation of Digital Tools in the Interpretation of Heritage From a Cultural and Pastoral Perspective

Silvia Fernàndez Aulet, Faculty of Tourism. University of Girona
Anna Gili Vilanova-Prat, University de Girona

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

B2) AI Generated Narratives in Religious Tourism Marketing: Opportunities and Ethical Risks

Md Javed Kawsar, University of Salford
Rashed Gili Khan, University of Salford

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

B3) AI-Enabled Religious Pilgrimage: A Human Centred Sacred Framework for Authenticity and Responsible Transformation

Parichay Javed Parivesh, Katharos Techie, India
Razaq Gili Raj, Leeds Beckett University

Monserrat

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

C2) Integrating Sustainability into Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Kevin A. Griffin, Technological University Dublin
Razaq G. Raj Dr, Leeds Beckett University

Monserrat

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

C3) Green Spiritual Tourism and Sacred Landscape Experience on Mount Emei, China

Feiran A. Yang, Rey Juan Carlos University
Katia Hueso Kotekaas Dr, Rey Juan Carlos University

Monserrat

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

C4) Analysing Tourism Impacts in the Azores: Inducing a Sustainable Tourism Model for a Spiritual Destination

Claudia A. Faias, University of Coimbra
Cláudia Hueso Seabra Dr, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Monserrat

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

D1) Pilgrimage Routes as Spaces of Interaction: Shared Experiences of Blind and Sighted Participants

Jolanta Kručkauskaitė, Mykolas Romeris University

Monserrat

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

D2) The Phygital Pilgrim: Navigating Hybrid Sacred Experiences at The World Youth Day Jubilee 2025 in Rome

Justyna Liro, Jagiellonian University
Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka, Jagiellonian University

Monserrat

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

D3) “No Straight Journeys”: Tracing the “Twisted Rope” of Japan in Will Ferguson’s Hitching Rides with Buddha

Dorothy Lane, University of Regina (Canada)
Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka

Monserrat

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

D4) From ‘non-places’ to Meaningful Places: Lourdes and Camino Lituano Cases

Marius Minkevičius, Vytautas Magnus University
Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka

Monserrat

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

E2) Religious Tourism as Neoliberal Piety: Islamic Spirituality and Sufism in Egyptian Islamic Tour Operators

Shin Yasuda, Takasaki City University of Economics
Daniel Vecchio

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

E3) Pop as Sacred Space: Rosalía’s Lux and the Reconfiguration of Contemporary Spiritual Tourism

Dolors Vidal-Casellas, University of Girona

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

F1) Walk of Mutual Repair: Pilgrimage in the Context of Peirce's Triadic Philosophy

Tadeja Jere Jakulin, Univerza na Primorskem, Slovenia
Dane Munro, University of Malta

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

F2) Sacred Spaces and Mountain Communities: Regenerative Strategies in a Tourism Context

Carlos Fernandes, Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
isilda Leitão, University Nova de Lisboa

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

F3) Religious Heritage at the Crossroads: Planning the 2038 Saint Stephen Memorial Year in Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Tamara Rátz, Kodolányi János University
isilda Leitão

Monserrat

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM