From pilgrimage to volunteer tourism: A spiritual journey in the contemporary world
Journal Article
Polus, R., & Carr, N. (in press)
From pilgrimage to volunteer tourism: A spiritual journey in the contemporary world. Anatolia, https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2023.2289610
The aim of this paper is to explore how the experiences of international volunteer tourists can contribute to the rejuvenation of the concept of pilgrimage in the contemporary...
Netnography and volunteer tourism: Critical reflections on conducting online research during a global pandemic
Journal Article
Polus, R., & Carr, N. (2023)
Netnography and volunteer tourism: Critical reflections on conducting online research during a global pandemic. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 56, 42-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2023.05.022
COVID-19 curtailed a significant amount of research in the field, forcing social scientists to consider the future of fieldwork. Netnography seems to offer a covid-resistant a...
Conceptualizing the Changing Faces of Pilgrimage Through Contemporary Tourism
Journal Article
Polus, R., Carr, N., & Walters, T. (2022)
Conceptualizing the Changing Faces of Pilgrimage Through Contemporary Tourism. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 5(3), 321-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-022-00109-7
This paper aims to conceptualize the pilgrimage and tourism relationship in the contemporary world. As the boundaries between pilgrimage and tourism have become blurred, there...