TYPES OF TOURISM BUSINESS TOURISM TRAVEL TO COMPLETE

TYPES OF TOURISM

BUSINESS TOURISM TRAVEL TO COMPLETE A BUSINESS TRANSACTION OR ATTEND A BUSINESS EVENT. EXAMPLES conventions sales meetings trade shows

NATURE TOURISM Travel to enjoy a natural setting, scenery or wildlife Travel to the Serengeti Plain in Africa, or the rainforest of Costa Rica are examples

CULTURAL TOURISM Travel to experience history, folklore and cultural lifestyle of a location. Museums, homestays, mosques

SOCIAL TOURISM Travel which involves the company of others. This may include travel by tour bus and family visits.

RECREATIONAL TOURISM Tourism to experience something different from the routine of daily life. Relaxing Camping

ACTIVE TOURISM Tourism that has a predetermined objective, such as… Climbing a Mountain Learning a new language

SPORTS TOURISM Tourism to experience a specialized sport or sporting event.

RELIGIOUS TOURISM Visiting a place of religious significance. Vatican, Rome Varanasi, India Mecca, Saudi Arabia

HEALTH TOURISM Tourism to improve one’s health Spas Weight Loss Camps Surgery

ADVENTURE TOURISM Tourism that involves an aspect of challenge and adventure, such as…

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner First women to climb all 14, 8000 m + mountain peaks without oxygen She finally climbed K 2 on her 4 th attempt. Fredrik Ericsson (1975 -2010)

The Top Mountain Peaks in the World

ECOTOURISM/WILDERNESS Low impact adventure in a natural setting – in harmony with nature. This involves few people in remote places being environmentally responsible.

Dark Tourism Involving visiting locations that are associated with death and tragedy or ghost walks. “there is a fine line between curiosity and exploitation at the expense of others” Amanda Kendle In 2011, Auschwitz had 1. 41 million visitors

Dark Tourism

Frontier Tourism Places that no one or very few people have ever seen People are lured by being one of the 1 st ever to see/do something. Antarctica, Mt. Everest Space – 7 tourists have been to the international space station. Guy Laliberte (Cirque) was the last to go at $35 000 on a Russian vessel

Virgin’s Galactic Spaceship Two Going to be the 1 st commercially operating space flight Launch from another aircraft and spend 2. 5 hours in space 5 – 10 minutes of weightlessness at 360 000 feet (110 km) only for $ 200 000. 00

Virgin’s Galactic Spaceship Two