TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring religious tourist experiences in Jerusalem
T2 - The intersection of Abrahamic religions
AU - Albayrak, Tahir
AU - Herstein, Ram
AU - Caber, Meltem
AU - Drori, Netanel
AU - Bideci, Müjde
AU - Berger, Ron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - By considering the importance of religious tourism for travel and the tourism industry, this study aims to identify religious tourists' experiences in Jerusalem, as one of the most important holy cities. By a survey, 848 data were collected from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious tourists. Results showed that religious tourism experience was a multi-faceted construct, which consists of engaging mentally, discovering new things, interacting & belonging, connecting spiritually & emotionally, and relaxing & finding peace dimensions. By using these dimensions, perceived experience differences of tourists were examined depending on religion. Moreover, religious tourism experience was identified to significantly affect overall tourist satisfaction with Jerusalem. The study concluded with discussion of the findings and their implications.
AB - By considering the importance of religious tourism for travel and the tourism industry, this study aims to identify religious tourists' experiences in Jerusalem, as one of the most important holy cities. By a survey, 848 data were collected from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious tourists. Results showed that religious tourism experience was a multi-faceted construct, which consists of engaging mentally, discovering new things, interacting & belonging, connecting spiritually & emotionally, and relaxing & finding peace dimensions. By using these dimensions, perceived experience differences of tourists were examined depending on religion. Moreover, religious tourism experience was identified to significantly affect overall tourist satisfaction with Jerusalem. The study concluded with discussion of the findings and their implications.
KW - Jerusalem
KW - Overall satisfaction
KW - Religious tourism
KW - Religious tourist experience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048965006&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.06.022
DO - 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.06.022
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AN - SCOPUS:85048965006
SN - 0261-5177
VL - 69
SP - 285
EP - 296
JO - Tourism Management
JF - Tourism Management
ER -