Types of Adventure Tourism
Types of Adventure Tourism
Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveler should expect the unexpected such as Mountaineering expeditions, trekking, bungee jumping, rafting and rock climbing etc.
Generally, the adventure tourism can be classified into three types -:
1. Land based adventure tourism-The land based adventure tourism are sports activities which are done on land & are generally mountain based. Trekking, Mountaineering, Skiing, Heliskiing, Rock climbing, Mountain biking are some examples of this type of tourism.
Figure Showing Mountaineering (Top) and Skiing (Below) Figure showing Heli-Skiing (Top); Rock-climbing (left) & Mountain biking (right)
1. Water based adventure tourism –The water based adventure tourism require water bodies such as seas , rivers, dam reservoirs, lakes, waterfalls, glacial lakes etc and is white water oriented or flat water based. White water rafting, Kayaking, Canoeing, water skiing, wind surfing, surfing, parasailing, snorkelling; scuba diving are some examples of this type of tourism.
White water rafting (left) & kayaking (right)
Canoeing (left) & water skiing (right) Wind Surfing (left) & Surfing (right) Parasailing (left) & Snorkelling (right) Scuba Diving
2. Aero based adventure tourism –Aero based or air based tourism utilizes the open skies for adventure activities & generally utilize the force provided by the air. Ballooning, Parachute Jumping, Sky Diving, Paragliding, Parasailing, Hang-gliding, Bungee Jumping are some examples of Aero based tourism. Ballooning (left) & Parachute jumping (right). Paragliding (left) & Sky Diving (right). Hang-gliding (left) & Bungee jumping (right). (Parasailing)
1.6 Trekking
The term derived from the Afrikaans word trek (noun), trekken (verb), (literally meaning to "pull, travel"), became a word
Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveler should expect the unexpected such as Mountaineering expeditions, trekking, bungee jumping, rafting and rock climbing etc.
Generally, the adventure tourism can be classified into three types -:
1. Land based adventure tourism-The land based adventure tourism are sports activities which are done on land & are generally mountain based. Trekking, Mountaineering, Skiing, Heliskiing, Rock climbing, Mountain biking are some examples of this type of tourism.
Figure Showing Mountaineering (Top) and Skiing (Below) Figure showing Heli-Skiing (Top); Rock-climbing (left) & Mountain biking (right)
1. Water based adventure tourism –The water based adventure tourism require water bodies such as seas , rivers, dam reservoirs, lakes, waterfalls, glacial lakes etc and is white water oriented or flat water based. White water rafting, Kayaking, Canoeing, water skiing, wind surfing, surfing, parasailing, snorkelling; scuba diving are some examples of this type of tourism.
White water rafting (left) & kayaking (right)
Canoeing (left) & water skiing (right) Wind Surfing (left) & Surfing (right) Parasailing (left) & Snorkelling (right) Scuba Diving
2. Aero based adventure tourism –Aero based or air based tourism utilizes the open skies for adventure activities & generally utilize the force provided by the air. Ballooning, Parachute Jumping, Sky Diving, Paragliding, Parasailing, Hang-gliding, Bungee Jumping are some examples of Aero based tourism. Ballooning (left) & Parachute jumping (right). Paragliding (left) & Sky Diving (right). Hang-gliding (left) & Bungee jumping (right). (Parasailing)
1.6 Trekking
The term derived from the Afrikaans word trek (noun), trekken (verb), (literally meaning to "pull, travel"), became a word