Add to ORKGMany contested spiritual overlays co-exist in Glastonbury, the main centre in England for "spiritual tourism". These are exemplified by Glastonbury's high street with its astonishing array of small shops that are devoted to mystical merchandise. Together they present a veritable spiritual bricolage that is manifested through what we have termed "sacred shopping", a shopping that reflects the rich mosaic of myth and legend that surrounds the region and enables a "pic n' mix" approach to a personalised spirituality. Drawing on a vernacular religious approach that emphasizes the role of material culture, we argue that Glastonbury's spiritual shopping plays an important role in carving out sacred spa...
Spiritual tourism has recently been accepted as a growing segment of tourism in business and researc...
Marion Bowman analyses one particular pilgrimage destination, Glastonbury, which has attracted pilgr...
Over the years there has been an increase in competition among tourism destinations, leading to the ...
Commodification is one aspect of contemporary spirituality which frequently attracts critical attent...
Glastonbury, a small town in the south west of England, is the focus for a variety of spiritual seek...
This paper proposes that spiritual tourism be recognised as a distinct form of tourism. The term, sp...
In this article some of the experiences and insights gained from roughly fifteen years of conducting...
This book investigates spiritual tourism - tourism characterised by an intentional search for spirit...
The sacred sites of Glastonbury in Somerset, England have long been places of pilgrimage, connected ...
Glastonbury, a small town in the south-west of England, is considered significant by a wide variety ...
According to Shackley (2002, after Foucault, 1986), the motivation of most visitors to cathedral is ...
Increasingly, tourists and tourism companies are incorporating sacred places into their travel plans...
From the current context of contemporary spiritualities, we wanted to approach an emerging form of t...
Media pilgrimage has become a booming business in the 21st century. Fans of television shows, rock g...
In Europe and beyond, pilgrimage centres attract millions of visitors each year. This popularity has...
Spiritual tourism has recently been accepted as a growing segment of tourism in business and researc...
Marion Bowman analyses one particular pilgrimage destination, Glastonbury, which has attracted pilgr...
Over the years there has been an increase in competition among tourism destinations, leading to the ...
Commodification is one aspect of contemporary spirituality which frequently attracts critical attent...
Glastonbury, a small town in the south west of England, is the focus for a variety of spiritual seek...
This paper proposes that spiritual tourism be recognised as a distinct form of tourism. The term, sp...
In this article some of the experiences and insights gained from roughly fifteen years of conducting...
This book investigates spiritual tourism - tourism characterised by an intentional search for spirit...
The sacred sites of Glastonbury in Somerset, England have long been places of pilgrimage, connected ...
Glastonbury, a small town in the south-west of England, is considered significant by a wide variety ...
According to Shackley (2002, after Foucault, 1986), the motivation of most visitors to cathedral is ...
Increasingly, tourists and tourism companies are incorporating sacred places into their travel plans...
From the current context of contemporary spiritualities, we wanted to approach an emerging form of t...
Media pilgrimage has become a booming business in the 21st century. Fans of television shows, rock g...
In Europe and beyond, pilgrimage centres attract millions of visitors each year. This popularity has...
Spiritual tourism has recently been accepted as a growing segment of tourism in business and researc...
Marion Bowman analyses one particular pilgrimage destination, Glastonbury, which has attracted pilgr...
Over the years there has been an increase in competition among tourism destinations, leading to the ...