A história e a dimensão do turismo religioso em Juazeiro do Norte – CE

Abstract

The city of Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil is set in a tourist landscape supported by popular religiosity. Almost a hundred years later, the representations of Father Cicero and the city of Juazeiro have been reconstructed in the geographical imaginary of other tourist-religious spots, surpassing the state boundaries of the Cariri Cearense that gave rise to it. This monograph analyzes the history and religious tourism in Juazeiro do Norte - CE, in a set of activities to visit receptive that express mystical feelings or arouse faith, hope and charity to believers or people linked to religions. This religious tourism (or, for some, “Padre Cicero industry”) represents economic movement. The government, the Chamber of Shopkeepers and entrepreneurs are investing in new projects to serve more visitors and to consolidate new tourism enterprises.