Contemporary Muslim travel cultures : practices, complexities and emerging issues

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Contemporary Muslim travel cultures : practices, complexities and emerging issues

edited by C. Michael Hall, Siamak Seyfi and S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh

(Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility)

Routledge, 2023

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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* Fills a need and gap by being the first to focus on Muslim travel culture and behaviour * Muslim and Islamic tourism is an important, emerging and rapidly expanding sector of tourism and marketing and this book offers new insight into Muslim travel culture and behaviour. This will significantly aid understanding on Islamic tourism particularly in relation to Muslim tourists themselves which will expand the field and inform appropriate tourism provision and marketing. * Answers some important questions, such as 'who are Muslim travellers'?, 'what is their travel culture'? and 'what are their expectations'? as well as focus on gender roles, Islamic travel motivations and nature of Islamic tourism experiences for the first time. * Given the interdisciplinary nature of the book it will have wide appeal including Tourism, Hospitality, Food Studies, Leisure, Marketing, Religious Studies, Geography, Sociology, Business, Islamic Studies.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction and context, 1. Muslim travel cultures: introduction and context, 2. Contemporary Muslim travel and tourism: cultures and consumption, 3. Muslim tourism: A systematic literature review, Part 2: Non-religious travel and tourism, 4. Travel motivation of Muslim tourists: Are they really different?, 5. Exploring Turkish tourists' motivation and perception toward Muslim-friendly tourist destinations, 6. Tourism motives, tourism experience value and cultural change: A focus on Egyptian tourists, Part 3: Pilgrimage and religious travel and tourism, 7. A study on pre-trip experiences of Fijian Pilgrims' Hajj performance, 8. Material religion in Twelver Shiite pilgrimage: resources, values, and dynamics in contemporary Mashhad, 9. An ethnographic study of lived experience of Iranian Arbaeen foot-pilgrims in Iraq, Part 4: Women's travel, 10. Complexities of women solo travelling in a conservative post-soviet Muslim society: The case of Uzbek women, 11. The silent and unseen. Two examples of women's restricted travel in Pakistan, 12. The travel pattern and experiences of Turkish female outbound tourists, 13. The travel motivations and experiences of Turkish solo women travellers, Part 5: Interrelationships between consumers and business, 14. Muslims' perspectives on tourism boycotts - a complicated relationship, 15. Questioning Halal tourism motive: In between Da'wa, business, and life story, 16. Interaction between Muslim attendees and non-Muslim staff: A study of the Islamic MICE market in Thailand, Part 6: Conclusions, 17. Conclusion: Emerging trends and future prospects in the Muslim travel market

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