Reflecting on the impact of COVID-19 on religious tourism and pilgrimage

Q1 Arts and Humanities

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Pub Date : 2020-11-20 DOI:10.21427/8F91-6Z16

R. Raj, K. Griffin

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COVID-19 is devastating the religious tourism industry in terms of economic, social, food, employment and faith related impacts Pilgrimages are being stopped, and mass gatherings are halted We are in middle of a very difficult time for the religious tourism industry and this has become a major concern for governments around the world The leading nations such as USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Japan, Russia, Germany and China are struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic We are facing the biggest test of the tourism industry in over half a century, one which has exceeded the downturn of the 9/11 terrorism attacks In the last 6-9 months, COVID-19 has had major ramifications for the religious tourism industry and impacted on other related industries like hotels, transport, travel agents and tour organisers, tour guides and all tourism service industries The calamity of the COVID-19 pandemic is a new biological war that is being experienced by the whole world and the tourism industry is one of the major victim of this pandemic outbreak Academics, politicians, scientists, theologians, in fact all people are discussing the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of life The pandemic impact is being experienced by all people regardless of state, religion, race, age or status It is not first time, nor the last time that the world has been struck by a pandemic, but commentators suggest that a new world will emerge from this, and this new reality will offer new opportunities for the provision of experience by the tourism industry The implication of COVID-19 for pilgrimage to religious sites has been enormous, and has altered the thinking and beliefs of visitors Due to limitations and controls imposed by governments, new forms to spirituality and worship have been introduced, and these lead to the development of alternative religious thinking This paper seeks to clarify the impact of COVID-19 on the religious tourism industry and discusses the challenges experienced by travellers to religious destinations © International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

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反思新冠肺炎对宗教旅游和朝圣的影响

新冠肺炎在经济、社会、食品、就业和信仰相关影响方面对宗教旅游业造成了破坏朝圣活动被停止，大规模集会也被停止。我们正处于宗教旅游业非常困难的时期，这已成为世界各国政府的主要担忧，俄罗斯、德国和中国正在努力控制新冠肺炎疫情我们正面临着半个多世纪以来旅游业最大的考验，这一考验已经超过了911恐怖袭击的低迷期。在过去的6-9个月里，新冠肺炎对宗教旅游业产生了重大影响，并对酒店、交通、，旅行社和旅游组织者、导游和所有旅游服务行业新冠肺炎大流行的灾难是全世界正在经历的一场新的生物战争，旅游业是这场大流行爆发的主要受害者之一学术界、政界人士、科学家、神学家、，事实上，所有人都在讨论新冠肺炎对生活方方面面的影响。无论国家、宗教、种族、年龄或地位如何，所有人正在经历大流行的影响。这不是第一次，也不是最后一次，但评论员认为，一个新的世界将由此产生，这一新的现实将为旅游业提供新的体验机会。新冠肺炎对宗教场所朝圣的影响是巨大的，并改变了游客的想法和信仰。由于政府的限制和控制，新的精神和礼拜形式被引入，这些导致了另类宗教思想的发展本文试图阐明新冠肺炎对宗教旅游业的影响，并讨论前往宗教目的地的游客所面临的挑战©《国际宗教旅游与朝圣杂志》

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International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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2.00

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： This journal aims to be the leading international journal for all those concerned with Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage. The journal takes an interdisciplinary international approach and includes all aspects of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage. It is inclusive of all denominations, religions, faiths and spiritual practices. The journal''s online platform facilitates a truly integrative approach. While the main emphasis is on primary research articles, it also welcomes suitably relevant discussion papers, research / review pieces, industry focused case studies and evaluations, management guides and reports, economic evaluations, book reviews, announcements of forthcoming meetings etc. Papers / articles should be relevant to both academics and practitioners All papers are subject to ‘double – blind – review’. Papers can include a variety of media elements including audio and visual files, a range of image formats and hyperlinks to websites and other online resources.