Host Communities and Pilgrimage Tourism: Asia and Beyond

Chapter 1 Communities and pilgrimage in tourism research- Chapter 2 Sacred Spaces and the ‘Other’: Social Distance, Functional Distance, and Two Pilgrimage Sites in Asia -- Chapter 3 Development of Tourism Governance for Religious Tourism: A New Form of Local Community in Najaf, Iraq -- Chapter 4 Tourism visitors, pilgrimage and contested spaces: community, heritage, ecology and perception -- Chapter 5 Monastic Hosts’ Sentiments Toward Hosting Buddhist Associations’ Group Pilgrims The Case of Pu-Tuo -- Chapter 6 Pilgrimage tourism to sacred places of high Himalaya and its impact on residents across generations. The case of Yamunotri Temple -- Chapter 7 Impacts of processional pilgrimage on host communities: Insights from the Palkhi pilgrimage in India -- Chapter 8 Pilgrimage Tourism in Palestine: The Backbone of the Palestinian Economy -- Chapter 9 Pilgrimage Tourism, Accessibility and Local Communities in Western Countries. The Camino de Santiago de Compostela and the Via Francigena for all -- Chapter 10 Hindu Pilgrimages (India) and Religious Functionaries -- Chapter 11 The Network of the Way of St. James in Poland – Genesis, Development as well as Religious, Cultural and Socio-Economic Impact -- Chapter 12 Sacred Architecture as a Resource for the Development of Religious Tourism in the Regions of Ukraine -- Chapter 13 Pilgrimage, means of transportation and its effects on host communities -- Chapter 14 Pilgrimage Tourism Afterword: Emergent Themes and Implications.