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Tourism, religion and pilgrimage in Jerusalem / Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Noam Shoval.

By: Cohen-Hattab, Kobi [author.]Contributor(s): Shoval, Noam [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobilityPublisher: London : Routledge, 2014Description: 224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138780989 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Tourism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Jerusalem | Travel and Tourism | Travel and TourismDDC classification: 338.4'791569442 Summary: Jerusalem is a city with a singular nature. Home to three religions, it contains spiritual meaning for people the world over; it is at once a tourist destination and a location with a complex political reality. Tourism, therefore, is an integral part of Jerusalem's development and its political conflicts. The book traces tourism and pilgrimage to Jerusalem from the late Ottoman era, through the British Mandate, during the period of the divided city, and to the reunification of the city under Israeli rule.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jerusalem is a city with a singular nature. Home to three religions, it contains spiritual meaning for people the world over; it is at once a tourist destination and a location with a complex political reality. Tourism, therefore, is an integral part of Jerusalem's development and its political conflicts. The book traces tourism and pilgrimage to Jerusalem from the late Ottoman era, through the British Mandate, during the period of the divided city, and to the reunification of the city under Israeli rule.

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