Religiousness as tourist performances: A case study of Greek Orthodox pilgrimage

Matina Terzidou, Caroline Scarles and Mark N.K. Saunders

Annals of Tourism Research, 2017, vol. 66, issue C, 116-129

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to decipher ways of experiencing religiousness through tourist performances, intersecting textual approaches with the essential embodiment and materiality of the tourist world. Exploring the diversity of religious tourists’ practices within the Greek Orthodox context, two dimensions underpinning religious tourist experience are highlighted: institutional performances and unconventional performances. Focussing on the embodied experience and drawing upon theories of performance, the paper critiques the interplays of body and place to re-conceptualise current understanding of the pilgrimage/tourism relationship. In doing so, the paper proposes that tourism and religion are not separate entities but linked through embodied notions of godliness sensed through touristic performances.

Keywords: Pilgrimage; Religious tourism; Performance; Affect; Greek Orthodox (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2017.06.009

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