Table Of ContentTourism, Religion, and Pilgrimage in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city with a singular nature. Home to three religions, it contains
spiritual meaning for people the world over; it is at once a tourist destination and
a location with a complex political reality. Tourism, therefore, is an integral part
of Jerusalem’s development and its political conflicts.
The book traces tourism and pilgrimage to Jerusalem from the late Ottoman
era, through the British Mandate, during the period of the divided city, and to the
reunification of the city under Israeli rule. Throughout, the city’s evolution is
shown to be intertwined with its tourist industry, as tourist sites, accommoda-
tions, infrastructure, and services transform the city’s structures and open spaces.
At the same time, tourism is wielded by various parties in an effort to gain polit-
ical recognition, to bolster territorial control, or to garner support. The city’s
future and the role tourism can play in it are examined. While the construction of
a “security fence” will have many implications for Jerusalem’s tourist industry,
steps are proposed to minimize the effects of the security fence and optimize
tourism.
Written by leading academics, this title will be valuable reading for students,
academics, and researchers in the fields of tourism, religious studies, geography,
history, cultural studies, and anthropology.
Kobi Cohen- Hattab is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Land of Israel
Studies and Archaeology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-G an, Israel. His main
research interests are historical- geography of tourism, tourism in historical
towns, holy places and tourism development, and the evolution of seaside
resorts.
Noam Shoval is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geography,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His main research interests are tourism and
culture as tools for urban regeneration, tourism management in heritage cities,
and the implementation of advanced tracking technologies for spatial research.
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Tourism, Religion, and
Pilgrimage in Jerusalem
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Cohen-Hattab, Kobi.
Tourism, religion and pilgrimage in Jerusalem / Kobi Cohen-Hattab,
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pages cm – (Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and
mobility)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Tourism–Religious aspects–Judaism. 2. Pilgrims and pilgrimages–
Jerusalem. I. Shoval, Noam. II. Title.
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Contents
List of illustrations x
Preface xii
1 Introduction: Jerusalem of Heaven, Jerusalem on Earth 1
2 Harbingers of modernization: pilgrimage and tourism to
Jerusalem in the late Ottoman period (1850–1917) 19
3 When West meets East: tourism in Jerusalem under British rule
(1917–1948) 41
4 The divided city: the development of tourism in East and West
Jerusalem (1948–1967) 91
5 Tourism in the reunited city (1967–2000) 135
6 The role of tourism in Jerusalem’s future 170
7 Tourism in Jerusalem: past, present, and future 193
Index 201
