Adventure_travel

Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel to remote, exotic and possibly hostile areas, where the traveler should "expect the unexpected". Adventure tourism is rapidly growing in popularity as tourists seek unusual holidays, different from the typical beach vacation. According to the (U.S.-based) global Adventure Travel Trade Association, "adventure travel" may be any tourist activity including two of the following three components: a physical activity, a cultural exchange or interaction, and engagement with nature.

Adventure tourism gains much of its excitement by allowing its participants to step outside of their comfort zone. This may be from experiencing culture shock, or through the performance of acts that require significant effort and involve some degree of risk (real or perceived). This may include activities such as mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, mountain biking, rafting and rock climbing.

Adventure Travel for the Disabled

With the trend of increasing accessibility available to disabled persons around the world, some tourism areas are developing adventure tourism specifically for the disabled. Whistler, British Columbia and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada have been taking the lead with the 2010 Paralympics. Adventure travel for the disabled has become a $13 billion USDStan Hagen - Tourism Minister of British Columbia a year industry in North America.

References

Further Reading

"Adventure Tourism" by R. Buckley (2006) Published by CABI, Wallingford, UK.

See also

• Adventure recreation
• Mountain Biking
• Powered Parachutes
• Mountaineering
• Outdoor education
• Rafting
• River trekking
• Urban Exploration
• Robert Young Pelton

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