Tourism as Knowing of Other (Ethnic and Religious Contexts)

The article takes ethnic tourism under consideration stressing its significance for establishing and facilitating a peaceful dialogue of cultures and religions in the contemporary world. The researcher presents ethnic tourism through the cognition of the other, i.e., of other ethnic cultures and religions, towards a knowing person. The author underlines the idea of the value relevance of ethnic cultures and religions, explicitly revealing the meaningfulness of philosophical and theological points for the organization of ethnic tourism. The paper also suggests some specific tours having ethnic and religious nature and connecting with the historical legacy of Byzantium, Middle Ages Arabic East, and modern days Russian Altay Mountains.