RELIGIOUS TOURISM: A CONTRIBUTION OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Authors

  • Alberto Pereira dos Santos Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2015.6160

Keywords:

religious tourism, geography, population, religious tolerance, international relations.

Abstract

Doi: 10.12957/geouerj.2015.6160The relations between the concept of tourism and population displacement religious, motivated by their beliefs, allows us to reflect on a segment of the tourist market rarely addressed in research in Human Geography: religious tourism. It is understood that the tourism sector in its plurality of beliefs in Brazil and as a multifaceted phenomenon that is at the same time, religious, psychological, economic, political and territorial. In the scenario of global society, international religious tourism such as the World Youth Day may foster reflection about geoethic mutual support as a paradigm for International Relations. The purpose of this article is to discuss this issue as an agenda for future studies.

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Author Biography

Alberto Pereira dos Santos, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Doutor em Geografia Humana pela USP

Professor Adjunto da UERJ - IGEOG - DTUR

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Published

2015-12-20

How to Cite

Santos, A. P. dos. (2015). RELIGIOUS TOURISM: A CONTRIBUTION OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. Geo UERJ, (27), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2015.6160

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No. 27 (2015): Jul/Dez

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