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ADVENTURE

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ADVENTURE CAN BE CATEGORIZED
INTO THE FOLLOWING:

PHYSICAL – E.G. HIKING, MOUNTAIN-BIKING AND HANG
GLIDING.

NATURE-BASED – E.G. BUSHWALKING, BIRDWATCHING.

CULTURAL – E.G. PILGRIMAGES.

TRAVEL/EXPLORATION – E.G. LONG-DISTANCE SAILING, SILK ROAD
TREKS.

THESE ACTIVITIES FORM NICHE MARKETS WITHIN THE

TOURISM INDUSTRY BASED ON THE ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN AND
THEIR SETTING. THEY CAN VARY IN THEIR “ADVENTURE” RATING.
GUIDED GARDEN TOURS WOULD BE CONSIDERED NOT TO BE VERY

ADVENTUROUS, WHEREAS CAMPING IN THE ANDES WOULD BE
CONSIDERED EXTREMELY ADVENTUROUS.

NATURE-BASED TOURISM CAN FALL INTO BOTH CATEGORIES
OF “ECOTOURISM” AND “ADVENTURE TOURISM”. HOWEVER, NATURE-
BASED TOURISM WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE CLASSED AS

"ECOTOURISM". ECOTOURISM EMBRACES THE PRINCIPLES OF
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM, AND AS SUCH IS MORE
SPECIFICALLY DETERMINED THAN SIMPLY BEING NATURE-BASED
TOURISM. THE TYPE OF TOURISM WILL DEPEND UPON THE LOCATION

OF THE ACTIVITY, REMOTENESS AND DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY.

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