This chapter first outlines a trend of change in the image of animals in several disciplines, which indicates the emergence of a paradigmatic shift in the treatment of animals and their relations to humans. It then discusses the apparent deficiencies in the study of tourist-animal relations, and...

This chapter discusses some of the interconnections between dark tourism and pilgrimage/religious travel within the following four themes: (1) dark tourism and pilgrimage as heritage; (2) dark tourism and pilgrimage as a mechanism of resilience; (3) dark tourism and pilgrimage as a mediator between ...

This book gathers contributions that address pilgrim motivation, identity and values as they are shaped by the broader sociological, psychological, cultural and anthropological perspectives. The focus of the book is the travellers themselves and their inner world through the lens of their...

This chapter discusses the motivations, values and identities of thanatourism. The motivation to visit death spaces could be related to religion, personal or social identity, empathy and remembrance. However, there are also secular sets of motivations, including education and cognition, curiosity,...

This chapter presents the author's personal experiences on pilgrimage to Chimayó (New Mexico, USA). He uses his personal experience and narrative as a way of developing his arguments. He points out that the practice of pilgrimage nurtures discrete identities. His phenomenological approach forces...

The objective of this chapter is to make a comparison between the identities and values of the Portuguese tourist-pilgrims and the foreign tourist-pilgrims on the Portuguese Inner Way of Santiago de Compostela (PIWSC). There are differences between the motivations of the pilgrims according to their ...

This volume is an eclectic multidisciplinary collection of essays related to the interconnections between dark tourism and pilgrimage travel. It focuses on dark tourism sites as pilgrimage destinations, dark tourists as pilgrims, and pilgrimage as a form of dark tourism. Theories and histories of...

This chapter aims to identify the motivations behind voluntourism, categorizing them into types so as to provide a foundation upon which we might better assess why it is that so many voluntourists seek to work with children, often in institutional environments. Particular attention is paid to...

Tablighi Jamaat is a voluntary mass movement that preaches Islamic teachings, mainly of the Deobandi school of thought, in the Indian subcontinent. This chapter aims to contribute to the religious tourism literature by discussing the transformative nature and role of Tablighi Jamaat within the...

Previous studies have shown that there are Lyme disease patients who after treatment with proper antibiotic regimens had developed post-antibiotic therapy symptoms that they and their doctors attributed to Lyme disease. The ongoing controversy over a diagnosis many think does not actually exist...