Religious tourism and pilgrimage to the Ecuadorian Andes: The case of the virgin of El Cisne

Abstract:

The singularities of the pilgrimage to the Virgin of El Cisne in the South of Ecuador identify it as a unique religious event. It was decreed by Simón Bolívar. It has a circular route spacing in time, and since its origin, it has a tourist focus while at the same time performing the Loja Fair Trade also created by the Liberator for boosting the influx of pilgrims venerating the Virgin.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

Fuente:

scopus