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Turismo Religioso: Fátima no Contexto dos Santuários Marianos Europeus

2015; Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo; Volume: 13; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.25145/j.pasos.2015.13.078

2529-959X

Joana Prazeres, Adão Carvalho,

Halal products and consumer behavior

This paper seeks to assess the extent to which the motivations of visitors to the shrine city of Fatima and the reception conditions that the city offers correspond to their expectations and are at the level of other three European Marian shrine cities (Lourdes, Loreto and Banneux).The comparison is based on a survey conducted in the four shrine cities to a total of 310 people.The overwhelming majority of respondents are Catholic, have high academic qualifications, are from many countries around the world and visit the shrine cities primarily for religious motives.Fatima is a reference on issues such as religious services, quality of information, transport and access, traffic and parking, cleaning and organization of space, but has some weaknesses at other levels.The larger shrine cities are regarded as the most unique and irreplaceable.The overwhelming majority of visitors intend to return and / or recommend a visit.