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Adventure tourism is defined as the movement of the people from one to another place outside their comfort zone for exploration or travel to remote areas, exotic and possibly hostile areas. Adventure tourism is a type of tourism in which tourists engage in adventure activities such as trekking, climbing, rafting, scuba diving, or the likes.
What is Adventure Tourism?
Adventurati: Adventure tourism
Tourism Teacher: What is adventure tourism and why is it so big?
Where do Adventure Tourists go?
Lonely Planet: The best places in the world for lovers of adventure tourism are revealed
Adventure destinations: 30 best places to travel for adventure
Adventure Tourism data:
LinkedIn: Global adventure tourism market insights and overview
Positive and Negative impacts:
World Tourism Organisation: Global report on adventure tourism
LinkedIn: Positive and negative impacts of adventure tourism
Visiting another country is one of the best ways to learn about the culture and language of that country. Cultural tourism is a type of tourism that allows the tourist to participate in local cultural activities, like festivals and rituals. As a result, the tourist can enjoy a genuine cultural exchange with the locals. It also enables local communities to accept their culture as cultural tourism is a major driver for economic growth. So, communities go out of their way to celebrate and promote their culture as it makes them different from other communities.
What is Cultural Tourism?
TourismTeacher - What cultural tourism is and why it is important
Where do Cultural tourists go?
10 enriching Indigenous travel experiences in Australia
Cultural attractions of Australia
Key cultural attractions around the globe
20 of the best cultural UNESCO sites around the world
2023 Must-see cultural destinations
Cultural tourism data:
National Trust - Australian Heritage Tourism
Cultural Tourism in Australia data - 2019
Heritage Tourism Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Grand View Research
Positive and Negative impacts:
Flight Centre - Responsible Cultural Tourism in 2023
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Cultural Tourism
The negative impact of cultural tourism: A case study
Dark tourism has been defined as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy. That can include genocide, assassination, incarceration, ethnic cleansing, war or disaster — either natural or accidental. Some might associate the idea with ghost stories and scares.
What is Dark Tourism?
Washington Post - Dark Tourism, explained
Dark tourism: motivations and visit intentions of tourists
Where do Dark Tourists go?
TourismTeacher - Dark Tourist sites
Newsweek - Top 7 Dark tourism sites around the world
Auschwitz becomes the world's most unlikely tourist hot spot
Anne Frank's House - Explore online
Netflix: Dark Tourist (NB. You cannot watch this at school).
Dark Tourism data:
Future Market Insights - Dark Tourism Market, Size and Demand 2022
Number of tourists visiting the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine from 2017 to 2021
Positive and Negative impacts:
What are the pros and cons of Dark Tourism?
Yolocaust: A satirist's challenge to Holocaust tourist behaviour
Does Dark Tourism exploit tragedy for profit?
Dark tourism in eastern Europe: the struggle between money and memory
Government welcoming even more visitors to Chernobyl, Ukraine
Auschwitz Plays Such a Central Role in Holocaust Remembrance
Ecotourism is about uniting conservation, communities, and sustainable travel. It encompasses nature-based activities that increase visitor appreciation and understanding of natural and cultural values. Ecotourism is often marketed as "responsible" or "sustainable" travel to natural areas, focussed on conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people. Ecotourism may be serve to educate the traveller, to provide funds for conservation, to directly benefit the economy of local communities, or to foster respect for different cultures.
What is Eco tourism?
TourismTeacher - What is eco tourism and why is it important?
QLD Dept of Parks - Eco tourism in Queensland
Where do Eco tourists go?
Eco tourism: Australia's best destinations
Flight Centre - Top 6 Eco tourism destinations in 2023
Contiki - 10 Sustainable Travel destinations
Eco tourism data:
Ecotourism Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Grand View Research
Ecotourism in Australia: State of the Industry Report 2019-2020
Positive and negatives impacts:
30 Top Pros & Cons Of Eco tourism
Austrade - How responsible tourism contributes to a more sustainable visitor economy
Challenges, Solutions, and Future Trends in Eco tourism
United Nations - How Eco tourism is making a positive impact in Bangladesh
Medical tourism is when consumers elect to travel across international borders with the intention of receiving some form of medical treatment. This treatment may span the full range of medical services, but most commonly includes dental care, cosmetic surgery, elective surgery, and fertility treatment. About 15,000 Australians travel overseas for medical treatment each year.
What is Medical Tourism?
Smart Traveler - Going Overseas for a Medical Procedure
Where do Medical Tourists go?
Top 10 Medical Tourism Destinations in the World
Medical Tourism data:
Does Medical Tourism Promote Economic Growth? A Cross-Country Analysis
Yahoo Finance: Medical Tourism index data
Statista - Top 20 destinations worldwide
International travel by Australians for overseas transplantation
KPMG - Medical tourism in Thailand industry report 2018
Positive and negative impacts:
OECD - Medical Tourism: Treatments, Markets and Health System Implications
The Economist - How the Medical Tourism industry thrives
The outcomes and controversies of transplant tourism
Religious tourism involves people traveling within their country and overseas to specifically visit religious destinations because of their beliefs. Sites of special sacred significance have been visited for millennia. Tourism to sacred sites has merged with pilgrimage in the past 2,000 years. It allows people to connect to their religion in a way they might otherwise not be able to, and to understand other faiths better.
What is Religious Tourism?
TourismTeacher - What is Religious tourism?
Where do Religious Tourists go?
Trafalgar Tours - Religious Tours
National Geographic - 38 Holy Sites with awe-inspiring architecture
Religious tourism data:
The growth trajectory of religious tourism in key markets
The European market potential for religious tourism
Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic
Positive and negative impacts:
Sports tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in tourism. Sport events of various kinds and sizes attract tourists as participants or spectators from all around the world. Mega sport events such as Olympics and World Cups can be a catalyst for tourism development if successfully leveraged in terms of destination branding, infrastructure development and other economic and social benefits. Sports-focussed activities, such as walking tours, cycling tours or even golfing tours are a way that tourists can participate in their favourite physical activities and see different parts of the world.
What is Sports Tourism?
World Tourism Organisation - Sports Tourism
TourismTeacher - What is Sports Tourism and Why is it so big?
Where do Sports' Tourists Go?
The Telegraph UK - Why Australia is the place to visit as a sports tourist
Can sport help Australian tourism recover?
Adventure and Sports in South-East Asia
The European market potential for sports tourism
Sport Tourism Cities in the USA
Sports Tourism Data:
Sports Tourism Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Sports Type
Positive and Negative Impacts:
OECD - Benefits and Challenges of Global Sporting Events
The Conversation - Hosting the Olympics: cash cow or money pit?
The Guardian - Commonwealth Games 2026: why has Victoria pulled out
Blog: Sports tourism and what it can do for your community
Long term benefits of Sports tourism
Over-tourism - the negative impacts of large-scale sporting events
Tourism has a large impact on Australia's economy.
List 3 key ideas from the Australian Government page Tourism and the Visitor Economy which you find interesting and relevant about Australian tourism.
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