TY - JOUR ID - 43079 TI - Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Presenting Authentic Experiences through Spiritual Tourism Development JO - International journal of Tourism, Culture & Spirituality JA - IJTCS LA - en SN - AU - Marjani, Teimour AU - Pourjam, Afsaneh AD - Industrial Management Department, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran AD - Tourism Department, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 100 EP - 115 KW - Spiritual tourism KW - spiritual entrepreneurship KW - Spirituality KW - Authenticity KW - self DO - 10.22133/ijts.2016.43079 N2 - Although today it is common to categorize spiritual tourism separately as a type of tourism, spirituality can be found at the heart of any travel. What might be taken as granted is that the tourist is going to add something to his/her self and, in this respect, some degree of spirituality can be sought in every type of tourism. Therefore, through entrepreneurship and innovation it would be possible to focus on the development of businesses which are able to offer some degree of spirituality to tourists according to their needs. This paper seeks to provide a deeper view of the relationship between authentic experiences and spiritual tourism and the role of entrepreneurship in utilizing this relationship in order to enrich tourists’ experiences. In other words, the spiritual dimension of every type of tourism is discussed and the necessity of its reinforcement through entrepreneurship in tourism and a systematic approach towards the issue is considered. UR - https://ijtcs.usc.ac.ir/article_43079.html L1 - https://ijtcs.usc.ac.ir/article_43079_23538d225a053c9acd21caa456220b13.pdf ER -