A CSÍKSOMLYÓI PÁPALÁTOGATÁS TURISZTIKAI ELEMZÉSE: HOGYAN LÁTTÁK A RÉSZTVEVŐK?

Abstract

Pope Francis’s visit in Transylvania in June 2019 can be considered a historic event, being the first
visit of the head of the Catholic Church in Transylvania and to Csíksomlyó. The visit –beyond its
religious and diplomatic significance – is very interesting from economic, cultural and touristic
perspective, too. We engaged to observe the aspects of the visit with more than one methods, the
present paper deals with the opinions and satisfaction of the visitors, pilgrims. Our query focused
on the information about the touristic and cultural effects of the event. We point out that the rich
cultural offer, which was available in the days before and after the visit, was unable to grasp or
attract more tourists and this way the tourist suppliers could not sell many guest nights in the week
between the Pope’s visit and the Pentecostal pilgrimage, next week.