Deep in the Desert: Merging the Desert and the Spiritual through 4WD Tourism

Autor:	Yamini Narayanan, Jim Macbeth
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Desert (philosophy) History Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Religious experience Geography Planning and Development Spirituality Sustainability Environmental ethics Religious tourism Pilgrimage Archaeology Sustainable tourism Tourism
Zdroj:	Tourism Geographies. 11:369-389
ISSN:	1470-1340 1461-6688
DOI:	10.1080/14616680903032783
Popis:	Our paper positions four-wheel drive (4WD) travel into the Australian desert by veteran or dedicated travellers as a spiritual experience in three ways: by considering the desert itself as a sacred space; the experience of such a journey as a form of ‘nature religion’; and by viewing the actual journey itself as pilgrimage. Our argument is informed by interviews with expert 4WDers to the desert. Our study might be useful in designing sustainable strategies for 4WD desert tourism, as well as for scholars from a variety of disciplines such as sustainability and environment studies, religious studies and tourism studies, to name a few.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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