TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Thimm, Tatjana
T1  - Travelling to the Inner Self: Tourism, Buddhism and Sustainability
JF  - The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
N2  - This paper examines the interdependencies of tourism, Buddhism and sustainability combining in-depth-interviews with Buddhism experts and non-participant observation in a mixed-method approach. The area under investigation is the Alpine region of Austria, Germany and Switzerland, since it is home to Asian and Western forms of Buddhism tourism alike. Results show that Buddhism tourism as a value-based activity on the one hand is not commercial, but since demand is rising, on the other hand tendencies towards more commercial forms can be observed. As a modest form of activity Buddhism tourism does not shape the landscape of the Alpine area and by its nature it incorporates sustainability.
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Sstainability
KW  - Alpine area
KW  - Spiritual tourism
Y1  - 2021
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:kon4-opus4-29642
UR  - https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol9/iss5/11/
SN  - 2009-7379
SS  - 2009-7379
U6  - https://doi.org/10.21427/8ZAE-HE66
DO  - https://doi.org/10.21427/8ZAE-HE66
VL  - 9
IS  - 5
SP  - 108
EP  - 115
PB  - Dublin Institute of Technology
CY  - Dublin
ER  -