It could be seen as an integral part of religious tourism since people travel by foot, bicycle, car, bus, train or plane to these sites, just because of their underlying motivation in themselves. The religious tourism was concluded to have five characteristics (da Graca Mouga Pocas Santos, 2003): -
• Voluntary, temporary and unpaid travel.
• Motivated by religion.
• Supplemented by other motivations.
• The destination is a religious site (local, regional, national or international status).
• Travel to the destination is not a religious practice.
Pearce (2005) showed that the studies on motivation were of interest to businesses and commercial analyst because sound market analyses could be built on such appraisal. In sum and according to Konu et al. (2009, p.2) motivations of tourists were important in explaining why tourists were travelling and in tourism theory they were considered as a tool for the segmentation of tourism