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Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic as sites close and pilgrimages are put on hold

  • Written by Faizan Ali, Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Tourism, University of South Florida
imageOnly a handful of tourists at the usually busy St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images

Religious tourism is among the oldest forms of planned travel and to this day remains a huge industry.

About 300 to 330 million tourists visit the world’s key religious sites every year, according to a 2017 estimate. Some 600...

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