Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pilgrimage trails and routes : the journey from the past to the present / Daniel H. Olsen, Anna Trono and Paul R. Fidgeon -- Religious pilgrimage routes and trails as driving forces for sustainable local development / Anna Trono and Valentina Castronuovo -- Cultural routes : tourist destinations and tools for development / Dallen J. Timothy -- The role of heritage tourism in the management and promotion of pilgrimage trails and routes / Stephen W. Boyd -- Environment and sustainability as related to religious pilgrimage routes and trails / Gabriella Trombino and Anna Trono -- The European Cultural Route of Saint Martin of Tours / Raffaella Afferni and Carla Ferrario -- The Camino de Santiago de Compostela : the most important historic pilgrimage way in Europe / Rub�en C. Lois-Gonz�alez, Xos�e M. Santos and Pilar Taboada-de-Z�u�niga Romero -- The Holy Grail route : mystic routes and activities to improve local tourism / Paul R. Fidgeon -- Religious pilgrimage routes in the Baltic countries : history and perspectives / Darius Liutikas -- Experiencing religious pilgrimage in Malta / Vincent Zammit -- Pilgrimage routes from Central Europe and Scandinavia towards Jerusalem and Santiago de Compostela / Tomasz Duda -- The ways to Jerusalem : maritime, cultural and pilgrimage routes / Anna Trono and Marco Leo Imperiale -- Palkhi : a moving sacred town / Kiran A. Shinde -- Kashi and Cosmos, India : the pilgrimage circuit of the Panchakroshi Yatra / Rana P.B. Singh and Pravin S. Rana -- Pilgrimage to Mount Bromo, India / Jaeyeon Choe and Michael Hitchcock -- The Shikoku pilgrimage : popularity and the pilgrim's transaction / Greg Wilkinson -- Challenges facing the sustainable development of slave trade routes and trails in Cameroon / Vreny Enongene and Kevin Griffin -- The Talpa de Allende pilgrimage trail / Daniel H. Olsen and Rodrigo Espinoza S�anchez -- Pilgrimage and identity along the Mormon Trail / Daniel H. Olsen and Brian J. Hill -- Pilgrimage trails and routes : journeys from the present to the future / Anna Trono and Daniel H. Olsen.

Through a combination of theoretical and case-study chapters, this volume focuses on religious routes and trails in terms of their spiritual, cultural and economic meanings, and considers the opportunities and challenges arising from their recent increase in popularity. The book is divided into three sections. Part I (chapters 1-5) deals with conceptual and practical issues related to religious pilgrimage routes and trails in terms of sustainable local development, regional economic development, heritage identity and management, and environment and sustainability. Part II (chapters 6-19) focuses on case studies related to religious pilgrimage routes and trails from different regions around the world. In Part III, chapter 20 concludes the volume by focusing on the ways in which pilgrimage and religious tourism along religious pilgrimage routes and trails can continue to add to expressions of regional identity and opportunities for regional development. The book includes a list of discussion points and a subject index.

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