FAIZAN ALI, Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Tourism, University of South Florida CIHAN COBANOGLA, Professor of Hospitality and Tourism, University of South Florida Religious tourism is among the oldest forms of planned travel and to this day remains a huge industry. About 300 to 330 million tourists visit the world’s key religious sites every year, according to a 2017 estimate. Some 600 million national and international religious trips are made around the world, generating around US$18 billion in global revenues. It makes up a sizeable chunk of an overall tourism sector that has been significantly affected by the spread of…