Tourist directions and routes of the sacred and pilgrims in the Ulyanovsk region

Abstract

© 2019, Research Trend. All rights reserved. In Ulyanovsk there are many museums: the Museum of urban life, located in an old estate; the Museum of local lore named after I. A. Goncharov with its rich paleontological collection and a collection of ancient jewelry and clothing, household items and written evidence of history. Near the architectural complex "Simbirsk defense line" regularly hosts theatrical performances on a historical theme. Lovers of history of the XX century there is the Museum "Rodina V. I. Lenina". The article reveals the concept of the tourist direction of religious and pilgrimage sites in the Ulyanovsk region. The definitions of such concepts as sacred tourism, esoteric tourism, pilgrimage, educational tourism, religious tourism are given. It is concluded that sacral tourism is a new and at the same time ancient tourist destination and, as a sociocultural phenomenon, can be successfully analyzed only under a number of conditions, including the dynamic nature of the analysis and the specifics of the basic settings.