Host Communities and Pilgrimage Tourism: Asia and Beyond (Paperback, 2023)

Chapter 1 Communities and pilgrimage in tourism research- Chapter 2 Sacred Spaces and the 'Other': Social Distance, Functional Distance, and Two Pilgrimage Sites in Asia.- Chapter 3 Development of Tourism Governance for Religious Tourism: A New Form of Local Community in Najaf, Iraq.- Chapter 4 Tourism visitors, pilgrimage and contested spaces: community, heritage, ecology and perception.- Chapter 5 Monastic Hosts' Sentiments Toward Hosting Buddhist Associations' Group Pilgrims The Case of Pu-Tuo.- Chapter 6 Pilgrimage tourism to sacred places of high Himalaya and its impact on residents across generations. The case of Yamunotri Temple.- Chapter 7 Impacts of processional pilgrimage on host communities: Insights from the Palkhi pilgrimage in India.- Chapter 8 Pilgrimage Tourism in Palestine: The Backbone of the Palestinian Economy.- Chapter 9 Pilgrimage Tourism, Accessibility and Local Communities in Western Countries. The Camino de Santiago de Compostela and the Via Francigena forall.- Chapter 10 Hindu Pilgrimages (India) and Religious Functionaries.-? Chapter 11 The Network of the Way of St. James in Poland - Genesis, Development as well as Religious, Cultural and Socio-Economic Impact.- Chapter 12 Sacred Architecture as a Resource for the Development of Religious Tourism in the Regions of Ukraine.- Chapter 13 Pilgrimage, means of transportation and its effects on host communities.- Chapter 14 Pilgrimage Tourism Afterword: Emergent Themes and Implications.