What impact does religious tourism have on tourist destinations? Positive and negative effects, please be as detailed as possible ~

Religion is closely related to tourism. In July, Thomas Cook, a British missionary, organized a train group trip to organize people to attend a religious ban meeting, which was actually a religious tourism activity. Today, the influence of religion on tourism has become more diverse and profound.

First of all, many religious shrines have become the centers that attract believers to make pilgrimages. Devout religious belief can easily be transformed into travel motivation. The cradles of all religions, the birthplaces of founders, tombs and their relics, and even the legendary "holy places" and the centers of various sects are holy places for believers to worship. As a result, some famous religious shrines in the world, such as Mecca in Saudi Arabia (with the Kaaba Temple in Islam), Jerusalem (with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jesus, the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Islam, and the holy beating of Solomon in Judaism), Bethlehem (the hometown of King David in ancient Israel, the legendary birthplace of Jesus), Rome in Italy, the Vatican (the center of Catholicism in the world) and other places have become developed places for international tourism. Similarly, the Buddha's Tooth Temple and Kelanjia Buddhist Temple in Sri Lanka, the four famous Buddhist mountains in China (Emei Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, Wutai Mountain and Putuo Mountain), Fufeng Famen Temple and other Buddhist holy places have also attracted a large number of believers.

Secondly, religious activities and ceremonies have become an important part of tourism. Many non-religious tourists will also participate in religious-themed tourism activities from the perspective of understanding religious culture and satisfying curiosity. In order to expand their influence and attract more believers, some religious groups have developed and organized short-term religious experience study tours. For example, the Life Zen Summer Camp at Berlin Zen Temple in Zhao County, Hebei Province attracts many young people every summer vacation. During the National Day holiday of 200 1, an exhibition of rare ancient Buddha statues in China was held in Guangzhou, with 65,438+million visitors. The exhibition time of Buddha statues was extended by one week.

Finally, religious attractions have also become one of the important contents for tourists to watch. Many religious sites are often located in places with beautiful natural scenery. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there are many famous monks in the world. According to statistics, among the three batches of national key scenic spots, religious landscapes account for 47.9%. There are more than 3,000 religious-related places of interest in all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.

At present, the upsurge of the development and construction of religious tourism projects in China is escalating, which provides certain economic benefits and opportunities for religious organizations to show themselves, but it also brings new challenges to religious self-construction and tourism management. First, some religious tourism only pays attention to the development of material level, lacking systematic and standardized religious activities; Second, some religious tourism shows too many commercial characteristics; Third, under the condition of multi-sector management, the interests of religious circles cannot be guaranteed.

Therefore, to actively develop religious tourism, it is necessary to treat the needs of different tourists differently and provide high-quality religious services to help tourists understand religion more deeply. Secondly, it is necessary to strictly implement the relevant regulations of religious activities places to ensure that religious tourism activities meet the requirements of the rule of law and the market. Finally, we should vigorously advocate the concept of eco-tourism and sustainable tourism in religious tourism, give full play to the realm of "harmony between man and nature" in religious tourism, and meet the hopes of modern people for a quiet lifestyle and a beautiful natural environment.