Đặc điểm và giá trị của du lịch tôn giáo ở Việt Nam

Với sự mở rộng toàn cầu của du lịch và lữ hành, ngành du lịch của Việt Nam đã phát triển từng ngày. Nhiều loại hình du lịch mới được khám phá và mở rộng một cách bất ngờ. Trong điều kiện hiện nay, việc thiết kế một tour du lịch đáp ứng nhu cầu của khách du lịch dường như khó hơn. Nhiều du khách không chỉ quan tâm đến những chuyến du lịch thư giãn, giải trí mà còn đi tour với những mục đích cụ thể khác. Một trong những số đó là tour du lịch tôn giáo, một mô hình tour mới và tiềm năng ở Việt Nam
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Đặc điểm và giá trị của du lịch tôn giáo ở Việt Nam Đặc điểm và giá trị của du lịch tôn giáo ở Việt Nam Nguyễn Quang Minh Triết Tóm tắt Với sự mở rộng toàn cầu của du lịch và lữ hành, ngành du lịch của Việt Nam đã phát triểntừng ngày. Nhiều loại hình du lịch mới được khám phá và mở rộng một cách bất ngờ. Trongđiều kiện hiện nay, việc thiết kế một tour du lịch đáp ứng nhu cầu của khách du lịch dường nhưkhó hơn. Nhiều du khách không chỉ quan tâm đến những chuyến du lịch thư giãn, giải trí màcòn đi tour với những mục đích cụ thể khác. Một trong những số đó là tour du lịch tôn giáo,một mô hình tour mới và tiềm năng ở Việt Nam. Từ khoá: ngành du lịch, đặc điểm, tôn giáo, tiềm năng, khách du lịch Features and values of religious tourism in Vietnam Abstract With the global expansion of travel and tourism, Vietnam’s tourism industry hasdeveloped day by day. Many new kinds of tour are discovered and extended unexpectedly.Designing a tour which meets the demands of tourist seems more difficult in current status.Many tourists are interested in not only relaxing or entertaining tours but also tour in otherspecific purposes. One of these is religious tour which is a new and potential tour model inVietnam. Key words: tourism industry, feature, religion, potential, tourist Introduction With a huge base of relatively undisturbed natural resources, a rich history, and a long-established culture, Vietnam is becoming an attractive tourism destination in Asia. Not only thenumbers of foreign tourists who come to Vietnam are more and more increasing rapidly butalso the domestic tourists in Vietnam are rising considerably. Vietnam is mixed by Western andEastern culture, so religion in Vietnam is diversified. According to the 2014 survey of PewResearch Center Washington D.C, most of the Vietnamese practice indigenous religions(ancestor worship). Buddhism and Catholic are 2 important religions in Vietnam. To meet thespiritual demand, many tourist companies have developed religous tours, especially forBuddhist and Catholic. Although, this kind of tour has recently formed, it brings a very largeprofit for tourist companies in Vietnam. Understanding the characteristics of religious tourist isvital to comprehending the challenges for the emerging tourism industry in Vietnam. Literature review Tourism In Vietnam, official definition of tourism was announced by tourism decree-law in 1999“Tourism is the activities of human outside their usual environment to satisfy the demands forvisisting, relaxing and enjoying convalescence”. So, when connecting all of these definitions,we can recognize that tourism just occurs when travelers have specific purposes. Each trip hasone and only one main purpose though a visitor can also undertake secondary activities 154 According to Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, tourism is definedthat “tourism is the business of providing services for people who are travelling for thierholiday”. Religion as a concept is linked to a variety of issues in the tourism research literature,but is most commonly mentined in relation to pilgrimage and discussions about the linksbetween tourism and pilgrimage. Petroman I.et al [ 3]; Richards, G. [ 5]; Tran, T. Hung et al [7]found the characteristic features of spiritual tourism in particular regions. Another area of research has linked religion to the relationship between the tourists (theguests) and the local community (the hosts) or the site. Millán Vázquez de la Torre, MGenoveva [2] found out the impacts of religious event tourism on host communities in the Cityof Pietarsaari and the relationship between student behavior while on spring vacation and theirreligion. Pilgrimage Standing on Wikipedia’s viewpoint, pilgrimage is defined that it is a journey to a shrineor other location of important to a person’s belief and faith, although sometimes it can be ametaphorical journey into someone’s own beliefs. Many religions attach spiritual importanceto particular places: (1) the place of birth or death of founders or saints, or (2) the place of their“calling” or spiritual awakening, or of their connection (visual or verbal) with the divine, (3)locations where miracles were performed or witness, (4) locations where a deity is said to liveor be “housed” or (5) any site that is seem to have special spiritual powers. Robert Stoddard [6]stated that it was not surprising that a human activity as complex and varied as a pilgrimagehad no universally accepted definition. He also summarized that the term pilgrimage was usedin at least 3 senses. (1) There was first the “interior pilgrimage”, the “journey of the soul” in alife time of growth from spiritual infancy to maturity. (2) There was, second, the literalpilgrimage to some sacred place as a paradigm of the intent of religion itself. This literal journeymay be called “extroverted mysticism” (3) Finally, every trek to one’s local sanctuary was apilgrimage on miniature insofar as it acts out on a small scale some transition, or growth andexperience of the sacred and new community which pilgrimage in general affords. Althoughtwo definitions are different, all of these show that pilgrimage relates to trips to specificreligious locations. It also means that people who belong to one particular religion as well ashave a desire to get experience of someone’s own belief require going on a travel. As a result,pilgrimage can be developed into attractive tourism industry. Religious tourism Pilgrimage tourism has many different names such as “spiritual tourism”, “religioustourism”, “sacred tourism” but also commonly referred to as faith tourism is a type of tourismwhere people travel individually o ...