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2 hours ago · FILE - A pilgrim walks during a stage of “Camino de Santiago” or St. James Way near to Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain, May 31, 2022. In 2023, nearly half a million people walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. About 40% did so for purely religious reasons. While it’s traditionally a Catholic pilgrimage, people today embark ...
2 hours ago · FILE - A pilgrim walks during a stage of “Camino de Santiago” or St. James Way near to Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain, May 31, 2022. In 2023, nearly half a million people walked ...
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19 hours ago · FILE - A pilgrim walks during a stage of "Camino de Santiago" or St. James Way near to Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain, May 31, 2022. In 2023, nearly half a million people walked the ...
19 hours ago · Many of the reasons nonreligious people go on the Camino are similar to why religious people go. In a 2019 study in the “Sociology of Religion” journal, researchers examined atheists’ versus religious pilgrims’ motivations to walk the Santiago way and found overwhelming overlap across motivations; most were looking to connect to nature and one’s deeper self.
2 hours ago · In 2023, nearly half a million people walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. About 40 percent of those walked for purely religious reasons, according to statistics released by the pilgrims’ office.
19 hours ago · Many of the reasons nonreligious people go on the Camino are similar to why religious people go. In a 2019 study in the “Sociology of Religion” journal, researchers examined atheists’ versus religious pilgrims’ motivations to walk the Santiago way and found overwhelming overlap across motivations; most were looking to connect to nature and one’s deeper self.
19 hours ago · Galicia was late to catch the tourism boom that has swept Spain in recent decades, but the coastal regions (especially the Rías Baixas and Santiago de Compostela) are now significant tourist destinations and are especially popular with visitors from other regions in Spain, where the majority of tourists come from. In 2007, 5.7 million tourists visited Galicia, an 8% growth over the previous ...
