<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article contains results of the research on religious tourism in the South Moravian and Zlín regions. The aim of this research was to identify new pilgrimage routes. The methodology was based on the implementation of survey interviewers and the design of religious and cultural tourism conceptual strategy. There were 1222 respondents participating in the survey interviewers. The results show that 58% of them consider ‘religious tourism’ a visit to pilgrimage places not just by believers and that 43% of respondents have never been to any pilgrimage. The conceptual strategy focused on the assessment of tourism potential of selected sites and designed 3 new pilgrimage routes: 1) Vranov - Křtiny - Velehrad; 2) Mikulov - Břeclav - Mikulčice (connection of St. Jacobs Route and European Cultural Route of St. Cyril and Methodius) and 3) Radhošť - Rajnochovice - Svatý Hostýn. Three priorities that may serve as a framework for the development of religious tourism in the South Moravian and Zlín regions were set as well.</p></abstract>

This article contains results of the research on religious tourism in the South Moravian and Zlín regions. The aim of this research was to identify new pilgrimage routes. The methodology was based on the implementation of survey interviewers and the design of religious and cultural tourism conceptual strategy. There were 1222 respondents participating in the survey interviewers. The results show that 58% of them consider ‘religious tourism’ a visit to pilgrimage places not just by believers and that 43% of respondents have never been to any pilgrimage. The conceptual strategy focused on the assessment of tourism potential of selected sites and designed 3 new pilgrimage routes: 1) Vranov - Křtiny - Velehrad; 2) Mikulov - Břeclav - Mikulčice (connection of St. Jacobs Route and European Cultural Route of St. Cyril and Methodius) and 3) Radhošť - Rajnochovice - Svatý Hostýn. Three priorities that may serve as a framework for the development of religious tourism in the South Moravian and Zlín regions were set as well.

Religious Tourism in the South-Moravian and Zlín Regions: Proposal for Three New Pilgrimage Routes

Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1/1665, 613 00 Brno,

Department of Environmentalistics and Natural Resources, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1/1665, 613 00 Brno,

Department of Applied Statistics and Demography, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1/1665, 613 00 Brno,

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This article contains results of the research on religious tourism in the South Moravian and Zlín regions. The aim of this research was to identify new...

Religious Tourism in the South-Moravian and Zlín Regions: Proposal for Three New Pilgrimage Routes

Published Online: Sep 22, 2016

Page range: 167 - 178

Received: Sep 11, 2015

Accepted: Nov 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2015-0012

Keywords
Religious tourism, pilgrimage route, South Moravian Region, Zlín Region

© by Miroslav Horák

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Religious Tourism in the South-Moravian and Zlín Regions: Proposal for Three New Pilgrimage Routes

Published Online: Sep 22, 2016

Page range: 167 - 178

Received: Sep 11, 2015

Accepted: Nov 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2015-0012

KeywordsReligious tourism, pilgrimage route, South Moravian Region, Zlín Region

© by Miroslav Horák

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Religious tourism, pilgrimage route, South Moravian Region, Zlín Region