An exploration into the multi-dimensionality of the 'sacred' in tourism

Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 232-243).Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.This research project explores the sacred as a principal motivated in the tourism. Here, nine in-depth interviews pertaining to things sacred / spiritual are conducted to gain a better understanding of the multiple held constructions of the sacred and the role these contested constructions play in the promotion and development of people, place and past in the tourism industry. Today's 'supermodern' era is conceivably distinctive of Western society's search for significance and meaning. The idea of 'sacred tourism' is examined as a contemporary form of tourism predominately interested in the visitation and experience of the sacred. From a constructivist's paradigmatic viewpoint, nine in-depth interviews are conducted with experts, specialists and shareholders from throughout North America (predominately from Texas) to explore the multitude of possibilities on the meaning and interpretation of 'sacred' places, objects, ideas and people in their varying pertinencies to the phenomological structure of tourism