Holidaymakers are seekers of happiness and pleasant experiences.
They are eager to see their longings fulfilled with all their senses. Even holidays in the country, fasting and rambling tours or excursions on horseback, by bike or boat can provide those longing for freedom, going back to nature and elemental joy of life with rich experiences. The Ecumenical Church Forum discussed the hidden motives and spiritual longings of holidaymakers and tourists at the International Tourist Fair in Berlin. Publicist Christoph Henning suspected that there is a search for a world without suffering, without dirt, crime or disease behind all this. The search for Paradise takes up the traditional motif of pilgrimages.