TRAVEL
: AIRTICKETS
Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes
or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. The World Tourism
Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places
outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure,
business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated
from within the place visited". Tourism has become a popular global leisure
activity. In 2006, there were over 842 million international tourist arrivals.Tourism
is vital for many countries, due to the large intake of money for businesses
with their goods and services and the opportunity for employment in the service
industries associated with tourism. These service industries include transportation
services such as cruise ships and taxis, accommodation such as hotels and entertainment
venues, and other hospitality industry services such as resorts.
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, rafting and rock climbing.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 USD a year industry in North America.
Health
Tourism
Health Tourism has
always existed, but it was not until the eighteenth century that it became important.
In England, it was associated with spas, places with supposedly health-giving
mineral waters, treating diseases from gout to liver disorders and bronchitis.
The most popular resorts were Bath, Cheltenham, Buxton, Harrogate, and Tunbridge
Wells. Visits to take 'the waters' also allowed the visitors to attend balls
and other entertainments. Continental Spas such as Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) attracted
many fashionable travellers by the nineteenth century.(1)