New Pilgrims. Towards the Problem of Studying Spiritual Tourism in the Urals
Journal: Managing of Culture
Year: 2024

Religious tourism is one of the most dynamically developing areas of the touristic industry. One of the consequences of this process is the blurring of boundaries between different types of religious tourism, and between secular (recreational) and religious tourism. Thus, «secular pilgrims» or «new pilgrims» appear in addition to pilgrim's sensus stricto. Their appearance is associated with the phenomenon of «new spirituality» (New Age spirituality, neomystical consciousness). Despite the popula