Publication: Una nueva vía de peregrinación hacia Caravaca de la Cruz: el camino espiritual del sur (Guadix-Caravaca)
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Ruiz Álvarez, Víctor ; Giménez García, Rubén ; García Marín, Ramón
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Facultad de Letras
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Universitat de Valencia
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https://doi.org/10.7203/terra.15.29784
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
El turismo religioso como fenómeno social y económico ha cobrado gran interés en las últimas décadas. En España, junto con los reconocidos caminos que se dirigen a Santiago de Compostela (Camino de Santiago), se están impulsando otras rutas de peregrinación especialmente hacia Caravaca de la Cruz y Santo Toribio de Liébana. En este trabajo se examina la implementación territorial del Camino Espiritual del Sur, uno de los caminos de peregrinación de reciente creación que se dirige hacia Caravaca de la Cruz (región de Murcia). Es una ruta de más de 300 kilómetros que comienza en el casco urbano de Guadix (Granada). El ámbito territorial por el que discurre el camino es una de las áreas con mayor despoblación de España, por lo que la apertura de este puede ser sin duda un elemento dinamizador de su actividad turística. Los resultados desvelan que este camino tiene un gran potencial para convertirse en una de las rutas de peregrinación más importantes del sur de España. La escasa oferta de infraestructuras hoteleras es uno de sus grandes hándicaps. Por tanto, se necesita un mayor apoyo institucional para lograr que estos recorridos cuenten con mayor desarrollo, visibilidad y mejoras en los puntos de descanso entre núcleos urbanos. ----------------
Religious tourism as a social and economic phenomenon has gained great interest in recent decades. In Spain, along with the well-known routes to Santiago de Compostela (Camino de Santiago), other pilgrimage routes are being promoted, especially to Caravaca de la Cruz and Santo Toribio de Liébana. This paper examines the territorial implementation of the “Camino Espiritual del Sur”, one of the recently created pilgrimage routes to Caravaca de la Cruz (Region of Murcia). It is a route of more than 300 kilometres that begins in the town of Guadix (Granada). The area through which the route runs is one of the most depopulated areas in Spain, so the opening of this route could undoubtedly be a dynamising element for its tourist activity. The results reveal that this route has great potential to become one of the most important pilgrimage routes in southern Spain. The lack of hotel infrastructure is one of its major handicaps. Therefore, greater institutional support is needed to ensure that these routes have greater development, visibility and improvements in the rest stops between urban centres.
Religious tourism as a social and economic phenomenon has gained great interest in recent decades. In Spain, along with the well-known routes to Santiago de Compostela (Camino de Santiago), other pilgrimage routes are being promoted, especially to Caravaca de la Cruz and Santo Toribio de Liébana. This paper examines the territorial implementation of the “Camino Espiritual del Sur”, one of the recently created pilgrimage routes to Caravaca de la Cruz (Region of Murcia). It is a route of more than 300 kilometres that begins in the town of Guadix (Granada). The area through which the route runs is one of the most depopulated areas in Spain, so the opening of this route could undoubtedly be a dynamising element for its tourist activity. The results reveal that this route has great potential to become one of the most important pilgrimage routes in southern Spain. The lack of hotel infrastructure is one of its major handicaps. Therefore, greater institutional support is needed to ensure that these routes have greater development, visibility and improvements in the rest stops between urban centres.
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TERRA. Revista de Desarrollo Local
e-ISSN: 2386-9968
Número 15 (2025), 54-72
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