Religious Tourism In Jerusalem

In total over two million christians visited israel in 2013.

The best job in the world tourism queensland. One of the oldest cities in the world it is the proclaimed capital and largest city of israel if the area and population of east jerusalem are included. About 300 330 million tourists visit the worlds key religious sites every year according to a 2017. The number of religious tourist attractions here can be baffling for first time visitors but luckily most of the top sightseeing landmarks and things to do are secreted within the lanes of the compact old city district.

The holy city of jerusalem as she is known is unmatched in her importance for such a vast number of people worldwide because all three major world religions judaism christianity and islam pay sacred claim to jerusalem. What is religious tourism. We hope that the citys residents will welcome tourists from the emirates despite opposition from.

The year 2013 was israels record year for incoming tourism with 354 million visitor entries. Religious tourism is one of the earliest forms of tourism and is a fast growing market. View to jerusalem old city.

At the end of the via dolorosa this 4th century church is arguably the most important religious location in christendom and among the most visited places within the walls of jerusalems old city. Here peter wiltshier lecturer in tourism and spa at the university of derby explains what it is and why it is so important. It is a holy city to the three major abrahamic religions judaism christianity and islam and hosts many historical archaeological religious and other.

The forum will work to promote tourism projects to jerusalem including religious tourism. Jerusalem is the most visited city with 35 million tourist arrivals annually. For believers a visit to jerusalem is a pilgrimage to one of the most sacred sites in the world.

The church of the holy sepulchre is believed by some to be both the location of jesus tomb and the site of his resurrection. Christians represented more than half of all incoming tourists those staying more than one night 96 of day visitors and 78 of cruise visitors.