ADVENTURE TOURISM

INTRODUCTION
Adventure travel is a type of tourism, involving exploration or travel to
remote, exotic and possibly hostile areas. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing
in popularity, as tourists seek different kinds of vacations. According to the
U.S. based 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) and/or physical danger (See
extreme sports). This may include activities such as mountaineering,
trekking, bungee jumping, mountain biking, rafting, zip-lining,
paragliding, and Rock climbing.

TYPES OF ADVENTURE
TOURISM
ECOTOURISM
Rainforest treks are a popular form of eco tourism,Generally
considered to fall under the category of soft adventure
tourism.Eco tourism is a form of travel whereby the adventurer
explores undeveloped natural and culturally sensitive area with a
desire to experieance it while leaving it intact and
unchanged.Eco tourism is done with minimum equipment and
accomodated relying on an ecologically and culture sensitive
approch for procuring food and shelter,such as forgoing
established resorts and restaurant in favour of locally owned and
sourced alternatives.Although eco tourism is more of a travel
philosphy than a destination for ecotourism include the amazon
rainforest,arctic polar bear viewing,the costarican rainforest and
barrier rects.

ACCESSIBLE TOURISM
Accessible tourism straddles the line between hard

and soft adventure tourism,providing excursions for

the moblity challenged that can take the form of
cultural exploration and extreme activities such as
bungee jumping or water rafting.Accesible tourism is
a growing industry that seeks to provide individual
with barrier to mobility a personally rewarding
adrenline inducing adventure experience that might
otherwise be out of reach.Several companies
dedicated to accessible tourism have recently opened
providing those with disabilities a fully personalized
adventure tourism package with specilized equipment
and training.

THRILL TOURISM
Thrill tourism is the best known type of hard

adventure tourism.
Bungee
jumping,mountaineering,parasailing,base
jumping,rock climbimg all are popular forms of
thrill tourism but anything that incites an
adrending rush and a sense of danger applies.
This type of adventure tourism is generally
done through an established company that
provide appropriate safety and training,since
most thrill tourism activities are extremely
risky.

ETHNO TOURISM
Ethno tourism is a form of soft tourism that

brings participants into contact with culture

and diverse people around the globe.
It involves long treks into undevloped
areas.Ethno tourism does involve a certain
amount of risk,but reputed ethno tourism
companies take these considertation into
account to ameliorate risk factors,such as
exposure to disease social or poltical
upheaval,food safety issues and physical
demand.

ACTIVITIES OF ADVENTURE
TOURISM
Mountaineering
Trekking
Bungee jumping
Rafting
Rock climbing
Rappling
Paragliding

ADVENTURE EQUIPMENT
Boots - well broken in and

waterproofed
Personal first-aid kit including
medication for common
ailments
Flashlight with extra
batteries
Sunglasses or snow goggles
Water bottle, preferably wide
mouthed, with at least one
liter capacity
Pocket knife
Note book with pens and
pencils

MOUNTAINERRING
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the

sport,hobby or profession of hiking,skiing and

climbing mountains.while mountaneering
began as attempts to reach the highest point
of unclimbed big mountains.It has branched
into specilization that address different aspect
of the mountain and consists of three
areas:rock craft,snow craft and
sping,depending on wheather the route
chosen is over rock,snow or ice,all require
experience,athletic ability,and technical
knowledge to maintain safety.

FAMOUS DESTINATIONS FOR MOUNTAINEERING

1. Mount Everest
2. K2,

China, Pakistan
3. Mount Kailash,
Tibet
4. Mount Kinabalu,
Borneo
5. Mount Huang
China

Nepal

TREKKING
Trekkingis an activity in which people take

multi-day hikingtrips through rural, often

rugged territory. Many people who are
trekkers engage in longer trips through entire
regions of the world, usingtrekkingas a way
of getting from place to place.
It also can be incorporated with other outdoor
sports, such as rock climbing orbackpacking.

Trekking routes in
Himachal
Hamta Trek
Malana History Trek
Chander Trail in Kullu Valley
Wild Trek in Kullu Valley
Dharamsala Chhota Bhangal over sari Pass Kullu
Morchella trek
Manali Hamya Herbal Trek
Kinner Kailash Parikrama
Hamirpur Deotsidh Sri Naina Devi Trek
Maidi to Nadaun
Bharmaur Kugti Udaipur Manali trek

FAMOUS DESTINATIONS FOR

TREKKING
GR 20

France
Inca Trail
Peru
Pays Dogon
Mali
Everest Base Camp
Nepal
Indian Himalayas
India

Bungee jumping
Bungee jumping is an activity that involves jumping
from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic
cord. The tall structure is usually a fixed object, such as a
building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump
from a movable object, such as a hot-air-balloon or
helicopter, that has the ability to hover above the ground.
The thrill comes as much from the free-falling as from the
rebounds.
When the person jumps, the cord stretches and the jumper
flies upwards again as the cord recoils, and continues to
oscillate up and down until all the energy is dissipated.

FAMOUS DESTINATIONS FOR

BUNGEE JUMPING
Victoria Falls Bridge

Zambia
Bloukrans Bridge
South Africa
Graskop Gorge
South Africa
Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge USA
The Corinth Canal
Greece

RAFTING
Rafting or white water rafting is a challenging
recreational outdoor activity using an
inflatable raft to navigate a river or other
bodies of water. This is usually done on white
water or different degrees of rough water, in
order to thrill and excite the raft passengers.
The development of this activity as a leisure
sport has become popular since the mid1970s. It is considered an extreme sport, as it
can be dangerous

FAMOUS DESTINATIONS FOR

RAFTING
Alsek and Tatshenshini Rivers

Alaska/Canada
Magpie River
Canada
Middle Fork, Salmon River
Idaho
Ro Upano
Ecuador
Futaleuf River
Chile

ROCK CLIMBING
Rock climbing is an activity in which participants
climb up, down or across natural rock formations or
artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of
a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route
without falling. Rock climbing competitions have
objectives of completing the route in the quickest
possible time or the farthest along an increasingly
difficult route. Rock climbing is similar to scrambling
(another activity involving the scaling of hills and
similar formations), but climbing is generally
differentiated by its sustained use of hands to support
the climber's weight as well as to provide balance.

FAMOUS DESTINATIONS FOR ROCK

CLIMBING
Mount Roraima

Venezuela
Grampians National Park
Australia
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
USA
Cordillera del Paine
Chile
Meteora
Greece

PARAGLIDING
Paragliding is the recreational and
competitive adventure sport of flying
paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, footlaunched glider aircraft with no rigid
primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness
suspended below a hollow fabric wing
whose shape is formed by its suspension
lines, the pressure of air entering vents in
the front of the wing and the aerodynamic
forces of the air flowing over the outside

FAMOUS DESTINATIONS FOR

PARAGLIDING
Manaslu Nepal
Pokhara

Nepal
Petchaburi Thailand
Solang Nala Manali, India
Bali Indonesia

RAPPELLING
Rappelling is the controlled descent down a

rock face using a rope,climbersuse this

technique when a cliff or slope is too steep
and/or dangerous to descend without
protection.
Rope accesstechnicians also use this as a
method to access difficult to reach areas at
height for various industrial applications like
maintenance, construction, inspection and
welding.

FAMOUS DESTINATIONS FOR

RAPPLLING
Northeastern USA
Japan
Tajikistan
Porto

Portugal
Lesotho

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