Religious Tourism: The Way to Santiago

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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW • The more removed the rites of pilgrimage become from their original purity, the more likely is the growth of an avaricious priestly class and the rise of superstitious practices. These statements about the common features in pilgrimage have also evolved. Nowadays, following all these statements depends on the quantity of faith or if the people have a strong religious belief, or a weak religious believe. Personal reasons also affect to follow all the common characteristics of pilgrims for all different religions. 2.4 Pilgrims or tourists Coleman (2004) explains how there is a clear difference between tourism and pilgrimage. Tourism can be defined as a leisure activity while pilgrimage is more of a sacred journey. However, for the tourism sector, pilgrims are treated as simple tourists, because in their religious trips they have the same needs as non-devoted pilgrims, and moreover, they can visit typical tourist places like museums, cafes or shops, being the only difference the purpose of their visit. Nowadays, pilgrimage has become an important source for the tourism world. In general, this kind of tourism is linked to the thought of journeys to sacred sites, including a strong religious motivation. This research has helped to see this kind of tourism from a different angle and to understand that not all the people making pilgrimages or visiting religious places are really following a spiritual motivation. For this reason, a differentiation was tried to distinguish two different types of religious tourism, as not everyone going on a pilgrimage has the same reason for it. Nevertheless, it is almost impossible to clearly define the number of those who are devoted pilgrims and those with a desire of travelling for leisure and to admire beautiful buildings as unique art pieces, as for example, the ones visiting the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, unless a deep research is done. (Post et al, 1998) David Mashhadigholam Rojo 12
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW The motivations for pilgrimage are vast and diverse. However, something they all have in common is the desire to travel and experience something new. In this case, the example of the Christian pilgrimage is taken, considered as an attempt to follow the footsteps of Christ. People chose different walks, places and diverse landscapes that Jesus (or his followers) could have seen. Doing this, pilgrims have the feeling that they have approached the texts of the Bible more closely. For those people, there are several reasons to go on a sacred journey, as for example, to show their love to God, to get near something that is really sacred, to show God their gratitude, to ask for pardon or to beg for a miracle. (Post et al, 1998) On the other hand, the example of simple tourists who travel to try something new and to visit a sacred site. Their motivations would be totally different as they would look for completely diverse aspects, as visiting a place which seems interesting or has a fascinating history background, to admire something attractive, to make a holiday more exciting, to experiment, change the well-known routine of life so something new can happen, to satisfy curiosity and also perhaps merely to keep up with a modern trend for making such trips. (Post et al, 1998) There are different approaches and points of view about the aim of a religious trip. But it is important to see that there is a clear difference between religious and cultural tourism. The visits to merely ‘admire’ religious monuments cannot be considered as pilgrimages as they have more of a cultural than a religious motivation. In the following figure, a scale differentiating the pious pilgrim with the secular tourist, and the different types of pilgrims/tourists, in between: David Mashhadigholam Rojo 13
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REFERENCES REFERENCES • AL-AMIN,
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REFERENCES • PERNECKY, T., 2004.
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REFERENCES • SCOTT, J., 2000. Soc
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