Religious Tourism Development: The Case of Lalibela Town, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Thirubhuvan, J. (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Esubalew, Berhanu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-10T07:00:06Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:24:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-10T07:00:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:24:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The overall significance of tourism in general and religious tourism in particular has got recognition from different scholars and organizations. However, its development mainly in Africa has faced numerous challenges. Ethiopia is unique and sacred in Africa for the ancient two monotheistic world religions namely Islam and Christianity. The existence of the ancient religions together with traditional African beliefs and their spiritual elements, made Ethiopia most preferable religious tourism destination in Africa. One of the ample religious sites of the country, Lalibela town, is the study area. The objectives of this study entitled with 'Religious Tourism Development: The case of Lalibela town Amhara region, Ethiopia' are identifying the religious tourism development challenges and opportunities, assessing mechanisms that help to promote opportunities and minimize the challenges of religious tourism development, Analyzing the ways in which religious tourism can serve as a tool in cOllserving heritages, empowering conln1unities and bringing sustainable development. The study is both qualitative and quanlitUlilJe in its design. Interview, questionnaire non participant observation, and document analysis are the main data gathering tools used in this srudy. The qualllitative data collected were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) and presented through tables, graphs and charts where as the qualitative information lVere precisely narrated. Accordingly, the findings of th e study demonstrated that the town of LaUbela is one of the most impressive religious tourism destinations in Ethiopia. The town is endowed with ample religious al/ribu!es. However, there are also challenges influencing the development of the site as the most successful religious tourism destination in the coU/illy. These challenges of religious tourism development in LaUbela town are properly identified in this study. Thus, minimization or alleviation of all identified challenges and effective promotion and utilization of opportunities with proper involvement of the local communiry would enable religious tourism to be an effective instrument for local community empowerment, heritage cOl/servation and sustainable developmelll iI/ the town as well as the counny at large. Kev words: Awareness, Challenges, Local Community Monotheistic, Opportunities, Religious Heritage, Religious Tourism, Sacred, Sustainable development | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11523 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Awareness | en_US |
| dc.subject | Local Community | en_US |
| dc.subject | Challenges | en_US |
| dc.subject | Monotheistic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Opportunities | en_US |
| dc.subject | Religious Heritage | en_US |
| dc.subject | Religious Tourism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sacred | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sustainable development | en_US |
| dc.title | Religious Tourism Development: The Case of Lalibela Town, Amhara Region, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |