ISBN:
9781003170631
,
1003170633
,
9781000471250
,
100047125X
,
9781000471267
,
1000471268
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations.
Series Statement:
Routledge insights in tourism series
Parallel Title:
Print version: Millennials, spirituality and tourism
DDC:
306.4/819
Keywords:
Spiritual tourism.
;
Generation Y Social conditions.
;
Tourism Management.
;
Génération Internet Conditions sociales.
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
;
Spiritual tourism.
;
Tourism Management.
;
Electronic books.
Abstract:
"This book offers a conversant and comprehensive overview of the themes and concepts in spiritual tourism and millennial tourists. Providing interdisciplinary insights from leading international researchers and academicians, this book is critical for contributing to the knowledge on spiritual tourism. Organized into four parts, the edited book provides modern and cutting-edge perspectives on important topics like linkages between spirituality and tourism, predicament of spirituality in tourism among millennials, anthropological views on spirituality, work-life-balance, marketing of spiritual tourism destinations and the issues, threats and prospects of spiritual tourism in emerging era. Part 1 introduces core concepts, theories on spiritual tourism and links it with the millennial world. Part 2 explores the inclinations of millennials towards spirituality and their travel motivations, experiences, behaviors with special reference to spirituality. In the Part 3 holistic tourism, the role of digitization in spiritual tourism adoption, marketing and management perspectives with special reference to millennials are discussed. Part 4 examines the issues, threats, policies, practices linked with spiritual tourism. This part also aims to explore the future challenges, opportunities for spiritual tourism development and to propose research-based solutions. Overall, the book will be a suitable means of getting insight into the minds of the diverse, experimental and open-minded generation of millennials. This book will fill the gap of research on spiritual tourism and as an edited book, it will add on new research and knowledge base with high quality contributions from researchers and practitioners interested in tourism management, hospitality management, business studies regional development and destination management"--
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003170631
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