Media and Religious Tourism
This chapter aims at presenting a thematic analysis of 64 research articles on religious tourism published from 2009 to 2020 by adopting a systematic literature review method. The results indicate that prominent topics discussed were amplification of concepts, tourist motivations, and experience. The evolution of religious tourism concept through nexus of diverse scholarly terms, related domains, and religious practices needs a comprehensive literary debate to refine the subject. The socio-economic impact of religious tourism also calls for the enrichment of topics on scholarly and practical grounds. Issues such as host and tourist behavior, social interaction, visitor management, marketing components, and the role of media need to be explored for the progression of religious tourism in line with sustainability. The chapter contributes to the literature by proposing a three-dimensional model focusing on the role of media and potential research domains for further exploration.