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2023 - Volume 6 - Number 1

The Contribution of Religious Monuments to Local and Tourist Development

Konstantinos Trikalitis * ORCID: 0009-0005-6579-8783
University of Western Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE

Maria Manola * ORCID: 0000-0002-7586-6445
University of Western Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE

Open Journal for Research in Economics, 2023, 6(1), 35-40 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojre.0601.04035k
Received: 13 July 2023 ▪ Revised: 15 November 2023 ▪ Accepted: 18 November 2023

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
This article examines religious tourism in Greece and how it can contribute to the country's tourism development. Religious tourism is a growing sector in Greece and this is the reason why specific policies have now begun to be formulated in this field. multitude of religious monuments in Greece is a very important factor for the development of this form of tourism and gives the possibility of extending the tourist season throughout the year.

KEY WORDS: culture, religious monuments, tourist development, Greece, local development.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
culture, religious monuments, tourist development, Greece, local development.

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