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