Religious tourism and Islamic tourism: Its origins, manifestations and components

Abstract

Tourism is a human and social phenomenon that man has known since ancient times. It is based on the movement of the individual from one place to another in search of livelihood, or to fulfill other desires such as entertainment, trade, etc. The religious, ideological and spiritual aspect may be one of them. Today, it is considered one of the activities that many countries have become dependent on in order to increase their revenues, and it has known different patterns and included various fields, including religious tourism, Islamic tourism, or halal tourism.

In this study, we will try to explain the concept of religious tourism and Islamic tourism or halal tourism, to know the difference between the two concepts, and to highlight the historical extension of religious tourism and its antiquity, in contrast to the modernity of Islamic tourism and halal tourism, and to highlight its manifestations among some peoples of ancient civilizations such as Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula and India, and among the Greeks , and in Judaism and Christianity before the advent of Islam.