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Pilgrims’ Motivation for Travelling to the Iasi Feast

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  • Tatarusanu Maria
  • Niță Valentin
  • Corneliu Iațu
  • Butnaru Gina-Ionela

    (Department of the Management, Marketing and Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania)

  • Ciortescu Elena

    (Department of Economics and International Business, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania)

Abstract

Either due to religious and spiritual motivations or to personal ones, religious pilgrimages have become increasingly popular during the last decades. The article proposes a study concerning the motivations of pilgrims who travel to Iasi every year in October to attend a religious event organized in the city. The main goal of this paper is to present the results of the research concerning the main travel motivations of pilgrims. The issue is whether their socio-demographic profile influences their travel motivations and the extent to which pilgrims’ satisfaction is determined by the travel motivations they declare. This is quantitative research which uses a questionnaire survey, based on the data provided by 441 respondents. The results are important for the scholars in religious tourism and for destination managers who use this kind of data to improve their planning and organisational activities of such events.

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  • Tatarusanu Maria & Niță Valentin & Corneliu Iațu & Butnaru Gina-Ionela & Ciortescu Elena, 2019. "Pilgrims’ Motivation for Travelling to the Iasi Feast," Czech Journal of Tourism, Sciendo, vol. 8(2), pages 157-175, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:cjotou:v:8:y:2019:i:2:p:157-175:n:5
    DOI: 10.2478/cjot-2019-0010
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    Keywords

    pilgrim; pilgrim’s motivation; religious tourism; socio-demographic profile; satisfaction; Iasi Feast;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z33 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Marketing and Finance
    • Z32 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Tourism and Development
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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