Religious Tourism and Heritage in Brazil

Christian Dennys Monteiro de Oliveira is a Professor at the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil. He received his PhD in Human Geography from the University of Seville, Spain in 2011 and in Tourism from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2005. He has been working at the Federal University of Ceara since 2005 and is a member of the Center of Latin American Studies Group (Federal University of Ceara, Brazil). He develops projects related to geographic imaginaries and patrimonial education, researching religious festivals, cultural and natural sanctuaries. He is involved in research at the Metropoly Observatory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Introduction.- Deciphering Religious Tourism.- Seeking an Identity.- Pilgrimage and Tourism: Differences and Missionary Interaction.- Touristic Routes and Religious Spaces: Incorporating Significance.- Types of Religious Itineraries and Festivals in Brazil.- From Conceptual to Reflective Practice, Religious Tourism in the Sanctuary of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil.- New Sanctuaries for different Religions.- Observing Sanctuaries on a Regional Scale.- Religious Symbolism as a Tourist Attraction.- Religious Tourism and its Media.-Sustainability of Religious Tourism: Sacred Eco-tourism or Faith for the Masses.- Religious Tourism: The Visitation Model.- Religious Heritage.- Irradiation as a local tendency of updating faith.- Marian devotions in irradiation: The pedagogical model of Conceição Aparecida.- Conclusion.