Chapter 3

• Adventure Tourism


  A type of niche tourism, involving exploration or travel with a certain degree of risk (real or perceived), and which may require special skills and physical exertion
• Accessible Tourism


  A trend for developing tourism specifically for the disabled
• Culinary Tourism


  The pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experience
• Cultural Tourism


  The act of travelling to a place to see that location's culture, including the lifestyle of the people in that area, the history of those people, their art, architecture, religions, and other factors that shaped their way of life
• Disaster Tourism


  The act of travelling to a disaster area as a matter of curiosity. The behavior can be a nuisance if it hinders rescue, relief, and recovery operations. If not done because of pure curiosity, it can be catalogued as disaster learning
• Ecotourism


  Responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment, sustain the well-being of the local people, and involve interpretation and education
• Ethno Tourism


  Visiting a foreign location for the sake of observing the indigenous members of its society for the sake of non-scientific gain
• Extreme Tourism


  Involves travel to dangerous (extreme) location or participation in dangerous events or activities
• Jungle Tourism


  A rising subcategory of adventure travel defined by active multifaceted physical means of travel in the jungle regions of the earth
• Overland Travel


  Refers to an "overland journey", extended adventure holiday, embarking on a long journey, often in a group. Overland companies provide a converted truck or bus plus a tour leader, and the group travels together overland for a period of weeks or months
• Urban Exploration (urbex or UE)


  The examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities. "Urban spelunking", "Urban caving" or "Building Hacking"
• Spiritual Tourism


  Activities done for spiritual pursuits like pilgrimage, taking part in yoga, and meditation, etc.
• Boat Tour


  A short trip in a small sightseeing boat typically starting and ending in the same place, normally of a duration less than a day
• Heritage Trails


  Walking trails and driving routes in urban and rural settings that are identified in most cases by signage and guidebooks as relating to cultural heritage
• Long-distance Hiking


  Walking tours on natural or man-made landscape
• Adventure Activities


  • Primary Forest Trekking
  • Cycling
  • Bird Watching
  • Wildlife Night-spotting
  • Amphibians, Insects, Reptiles Spotting
  • Tour to Biodiversity Hotspots
  • Kayaking