2. Adventure Tourism and Disaster
Tourism
Agritourism
Backpacking and Freehiking
Cultural Tourism, Culinary
Tourism, Educational Tourism
and Ethno Tourism
Dark Tourism and War Tourism
Ecotourism, Geotourism and
Sustainable Tourism
Health Tourism
Nautical Tourism
Pop-Culture Tourism and Sports
Tourism
Religious Tourism
Space Tourism
Voluntourism
Wildlife Tourism
Sex Tourism
3. As different kinds of tourism go, adventure tourism is
probably one of the most – well – adventurous.
Travelers head for remote, exotic and possibly hostile
areas to explore cultures or activities outside of their
comfort zones. To further break it down, adventure
tourism – also called extreme tourism– includes
tourism of native societies, ghettos, jungles and
urban areas. It’s related to disaster tourism, which
involves visiting areas that have been affected by
floods, hurricanes, volcanoes and more, and inclusive
tourism, which is tourism accessible to the disabled.
It can also include extreme activities such as
mountaineering, bungee jumping, rafting, rock
climbing, zip-lining and trekking.
4. As a type of both foreign and domestic
tourism, agritourism involves travel to a
farm or ranch, including farm stays at
anything from bed and breakfasts to dude
ranches, produce purchase from farm
stands, corn mazes, wine and cheese
making, and fruit picking. It’s one of the
growing forms of tourism in areas including
Australia, Canada, the U.S. and the
Philippines.
5. Backpacking has two branches – wilderness and
travel. Wilderness backpacking usually involves hiking and
camping overnight in the backcountry with not much more
than a backpack carrying supplies and equipment. In a
professional sense, it’s used by soldiers, professional
guides, photographers, scientific and academic
researchers, park rangers, and search and rescue
personnel. Travel backpacking is often used to describe
low-cost, independent international travel that include
factors such as using public transportation, staying in
hostels instead of hotels, and using a backpack for
portability. A lot of times this type of tourism is viewed
less as a vacation and more of a cultural learning
experience. For even less reliance on material comfort,
tourists can try free hiking, which falls into two
categories: naked hiking or off-trail hiking, where hikers
rely on maps, compasses or GPS units to navigate through
uncharted areas.
6. Cultural tourism, or heritage tourism, involves
immersion in a society’s lifestyle, its people’s
history, its art and architecture, its religion, and any
other elements that have shaped it and its people. It
can also include participation in a culture’s rituals or
festivals. This is related also to culinary tourism,
where travellers pursue unique and memorable
drinking and dining; educational tourism, which
includes student exchange programs and study tours;
and ethno tourism, where travelers observe a
country’s native people without the intent of
scientific gain.
7. For the more doom-and-gloom type of
tourist, dark tourism – also called black
tourism or grief tourism – involves visiting
sites associated with suffering and death.
These include castles and battlefields,
natural and manmade disaster areas, prisons,
and dungeons. It’s also related to war
tourism, or travel to active war zones.
8. As part of the green movement, ecotourism is
defined as small-scale, low-impact travel to fragile,
untouched and protected areas. This type of
domestic and international tourism strives to
educate, provide funds for conservation, benefit
economic and political development, and promote
respect for cultures and human rights. A lot of times
this involves volunteer work and the promotion of
recycling, energy efficiency, water conservation and
implementation of economic opportunities. Taking
this one step further is geotourism, which focuses not
just on sustainability but also on enhancing the area’s
character. And, though not related as much to the
environment, there’s also sustainable tourism, which
involves sustaining a culture’s population,
employment and positive local experiences for both
residents and tourists.
9. Also called medical tourism, this form of
tourism describes the practice of leaving
the country to get healthcare, or of
providers traveling to deliver healthcare. It
can be highly dangerous if the quality of
treatment is low or the facility isn’t
accredited, but it includes complex
surgeries, cardiac surgery, dental surgery
and even cosmetic surgery. Often in these
cases, the providers are practicing outside
their area of expertise or at a lower
standard of care.
10. Another of our different types of
tourism combines sailing and boating with
vacationing and travel. Many of these types
of tourists live on their boats and take port
in different areas to explore. In fact, it’s
become such a popular kind of tourism that
marinas have been built specifically for
nautical tourists in Europe, South American
and Australia.
11. Pop-culture tourism is pretty much exactly what it
sounds like – going to visit locations featured in
books, film, music, TV and other forms of
entertainment. Trips can be domestic or
international depending on what tourists want to see
– and being featured in pop culture is a huge boost in
popularity for many locations. Just ask the Duke of
Northumberland, who lives in the castle that was
used as Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies. Kind of
along the same lines is sports tourism, where people
travel to see a sporting event outside of their normal
environment. This type of tourism rakes in about
$600 billion each year.
12. Also referred to as faith tourism, this type
of tourism encompasses people of faith
who travel independently or in groups to
holy cities or holy sites for fellowship,
missionary or pilgrimage. The largest mass
faith pilgrimage takes place annually in
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and many religious
pilgrims aren’t traveling for the same
reasons as those pursuing other different
types of tourism. Often, they list a
tangible understanding and appreciation
of their religion, a feeling of security in
their beliefs, and personal connection as
the main purposes of faith travel.
13. Space tourism is – travel in space!
Obviously, most of this is done for business
purposes because the average person can’t
afford a quick getaway to outer space …
though it can be done! The Russian Space
Agency is the only one that offers it, but
allegedly it comes in at a whopping $20-35
million per flight. That definitely makes
the price of simpler types of domestic
tourism seem like pocket change!
14. This growing form of tourism
features travel for charitable or volunteer
purposes – this is one of the more popular
types of domestic tourism, but can also
reach internationally. Trips can range from
wildlife cleanup to medical aid in a foreign
country, and more. Also included in this is
traveling for the purpose of scientific
research to promote understanding and
necessary actions needed for a sustainable
environment.
15. In its simplest definition, wildlife tourism is the observation
of wild animals in their natural habitats. It’s especially
popular in countries with large areas of undeveloped land,
such as Africa, South America, Australia, India, Canada,
Indonesia, Bangladesh and more. There is some controversy
about this type of tourism, as the pros and cons are equally
arguable. On the con side, there’s disturbance of the
animals’ breeding, feeding and overall living patterns, in
addition to the development of hotel construction on the
natural land to account for tourists. Alternately, however,
this kind of tourism increases habitat restoration,
conservation breeding, research and financial donations, and
also prevent the illegal.
16. Some tourists travel overseas for sex
Americans comprise an estimated 25% of all sex tourists
Men mostly choose Asia (Bangkok, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri
Lanka), but the trends has spread to Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica,
Eastern Europe and African countries (Kenya, Tunisia, South
Africa)
Women mostly choose Greece, Caribbean Basin, Genoa and Kenya
(Africa), Bali (Indonesia) and Phuket (Thailand)
17. Supply factors
Poverty of the prostitutes
Limited alternative opportunities to improve living
Destination factors
Facilitating infrastructure (nightclubs, hotels)
Laxity of police control
Motivation factors
Anonymity
Cheap
Wish to try something new with a different race
Buy their egos back
Fleeing from unhappy relationships at home
18. Are the tourists helping the poor women?
Some people think that the sex workers sell their
services at their own choice
Some people think that the workers are selling their
service as other available labor
Sex tourism can contribute to national economy
But sex workers
May be infected with AIDS or other sexually transmitted
diseases, and so are their family members
Only get a small portion of money; most of it goes to the
pimps; some have to pay the police; some lose their
money to theft
19. In a very large nutshell, that covers it!
Tourism as a whole is a profitable industry
for tour guides, hotels, hospitality workers
and more. And working in the tourism
industry can be doubly beneficial – not only
do these employees profit financially from
their jobs, but they also get to travel and
combine their personal interests with their
jobs!
