Add to ORKGThe Camino de Santiago pilgrimage is an extraordinary endeavour that tends to trigger exceptional human experiences. Following our previous investigation of this topic, we conducted an online survey of 501 pilgrims in order to assess the frequency of different exceptional experiences (EEs) on the pilgrimage and their transformative aftereffects (TAs) in everyday life afterwards. More than 70% of the respondents reported improvement in terms of self-confidence, personal relationships and letting go of emotional “baggage”. The results show strong correlations between the observed EEs and the (consequent) TAs. We contend that walking the Camino de Santiago often produces exceptional experiences that lead to positive long-term psychosocial effe...
Tourism and pilgrimage are different social phenomena (Cohen, 1992; Collins-Kreiner, 2010a); tourism...
A pilgrimage is an intentional journey that can increase well-being. Historically completed for reli...
In 2010 almost 272.000 pilgrims completed Camino de Santiago. Even though, it was just about 5.000 p...
The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage is an extraordinary endeavour that tends to trigger exceptional hu...
To what extent does the community formed among pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago correspond to Turn...
Based on a content analysis of 32 pilgrim travelogues it was assumed that certain values resulting f...
The Camino de Santiago is an ancient network of pilgrimage routes that lead to Santiago de Compostel...
The characteristics of our society are often contradictory. Despite the "liquidity" theorized by Bau...
This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer via the DOI in this recordMillions...
As modern phenomena, pilgrimages present unique entry points to the study of expressions of meaning ...
The question of what leads people from a biographical perspective to go on pilgrimage has been a res...
The phenomenon of escapism, extensively analyed in the key mechanism of escape into the world of ill...
Pilgrimage tourism has seen increasing popularity among tourists and growing research attention in t...
This paper proposes that tourism research needs to explore the potentially lasting psychological ben...
Pilgrimage walking is increasingly sought as self-therapy for different mental, physical and spiritu...
Tourism and pilgrimage are different social phenomena (Cohen, 1992; Collins-Kreiner, 2010a); tourism...
A pilgrimage is an intentional journey that can increase well-being. Historically completed for reli...
In 2010 almost 272.000 pilgrims completed Camino de Santiago. Even though, it was just about 5.000 p...
The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage is an extraordinary endeavour that tends to trigger exceptional hu...
To what extent does the community formed among pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago correspond to Turn...
Based on a content analysis of 32 pilgrim travelogues it was assumed that certain values resulting f...
The Camino de Santiago is an ancient network of pilgrimage routes that lead to Santiago de Compostel...
The characteristics of our society are often contradictory. Despite the "liquidity" theorized by Bau...
This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer via the DOI in this recordMillions...
As modern phenomena, pilgrimages present unique entry points to the study of expressions of meaning ...
The question of what leads people from a biographical perspective to go on pilgrimage has been a res...
The phenomenon of escapism, extensively analyed in the key mechanism of escape into the world of ill...
Pilgrimage tourism has seen increasing popularity among tourists and growing research attention in t...
This paper proposes that tourism research needs to explore the potentially lasting psychological ben...
Pilgrimage walking is increasingly sought as self-therapy for different mental, physical and spiritu...
Tourism and pilgrimage are different social phenomena (Cohen, 1992; Collins-Kreiner, 2010a); tourism...
A pilgrimage is an intentional journey that can increase well-being. Historically completed for reli...
In 2010 almost 272.000 pilgrims completed Camino de Santiago. Even though, it was just about 5.000 p...