TYPES OF TOURISM

TYPES
OF
TOURISM

TYPES OF TOURISM

TOP 10 WEIRD TYPES OF TOURISM

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TYPES
OF
TOURISM

The different types of tourists in tourism industry

How will you define a tourist? Tourist can be defined as a person, who
makes a tour away from home for leisure, business or other purposes for
more than one day but less than a year. Based on their various needs and
reasons for traveling, tourists are classified in the following categories:

Incentive tourists:

Incentives tourists are those few lucky individuals, who get a holiday
package as a reward from his company, for good work or achieving targets,
set by the company. Incentive tourists draw inspiration from such tours
to work harder, improve work relations and focus on team bonding. A
salesman who is awarded with a nice holiday package for accomplishing the
target sales is a perfect example of incentive tourist.

Health or medical tourist:

Those who seek special medical treatment, which is only possible away from
home, make trips to other places and are called Health or medical tourist.
Some of these tourists avail medical assistance in other countries, for
they may be expensive in their own country. Many health or medical tourists
also make trips simply to stay for few days in healthier climate. Hoards of
medical tourist fly to South Africa from oversee countries to undergo
plastic surgery.

Business tourist:

Tourist traveling with relation to business is known as business tourist.
Business tourism is part of the business world. Most of the cities feature
conference centers that cater to the needs of business tourists. A proper
example of a business tourist is a salesman, who makes trips to different
places to attend trade shows, to display and promote his own products also.

Education tourists:

Tourists traveling to a particular place in another town, city or country
for further study in order to improve his or her educational qualification
are termed as education tourist. There are also group of people, who travel
to attend workshops to upgrade skills. A clinic nurse, who makes trip to
another province to attend a particular workshop, qualifying individual
about infectious diseases is an example of an educational tourist.

Adventure tourists:

Adventure tourists look for some unusual or bizarre experience. They seek
adventurous activities that may be dangerous, such as rock climbing, river
rafting, skydiving, shark cave diving and bungee jumping.

Cultural tourist:

These types of tourists travel to experience the essence of assorted cultures,
such as San rock art, or cultural festivals such as the National Art Festival
in Grahams town, or the International Jazz Festival in Cape Town. Cultural
tourists also prefer to witness the World Heritage Sites of the traveled country.

Eco-tourists:

Nature loving tourists, who love to go green like traveling to Bonita Gardens
in Bloemfontein South Africa or similar destinations are called eco-tourists.
They travel throughout the world in search of destinations not affected by
pollution or much human intervention.

Leisure tourist:

These tourists want to rejuvenate and revitalize with comfort, while enjoying
a break from mundane routine of life. Examples of this type of tourism are
cruising while vacationing or simple relaxing on a beach.

Religious tourist:

Religious tourist travel to sites of religious significance. World is dotted
with a number of religious locations like Hajj in Mecca, Jerusalem in Israel,
Varanasi in India, and the Vatican in Rome. During Easter, a huge
conglomeration of Christian pilgrimage takes place in Zion City.

Sport and recreation tourist:

These sorts of tourists either take active part in or just watch sports events.
Some of such popular sport events are the Soccer World Cup, Wimbledon Tennis
Championship, Comrades Marathon, and Fisher River Canoe Marathon.

Backpacking or youth tourist:

This group of tourist is of young age and they travel with minimum luggage and
on a limited budget. But they are very passionate and love excitements and
adventures, while traveling. They generally have no specific travel schedules
and tend to travel independently.

Special Interest Tourist (STI):

They nurture particular passion in different things like bird watching, nature,
fishing during the Sardine Run, food and wine or attending the Cape Town Book Fair.

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10
WEIRD TYPES
OF
TOURISM

1. Suicide Tourism

Without a doubt this is the most macabre type of tourism we could
ever imagine, and unfortunately, in most cases, for these holidays,
the airplane ticket is one way with no return. As the title
suggests, suicide tourism is related to suicide and euthanasia.
Most people who embark on these tours want to bring their lives to
an end.

2. Fertility Tourism

Maybe some will rush to connect this specific type of tourism with
sex tourism, but they better think twice. Fertility tourism or
reproductive tourism, as it is also called is completely legal and
innocent. For that matter, it can be considered a subset of what is
known as medical tourism. Thousands of couples every year, most
from advanced countries, travel to find the perfect sperm donor.

3. War Tourism

Sometimes this is referred to as suicide tourism, and not unfairly
so. The significant difference between this type of tourism and Atomic
or Dark tourism is that in this case, the tourist visits an active war
zone to experience what it's like to be in the middle of bombs,
bullets, and grenades. War touristsÂ are often extreme sports lovers
as well, and generally they are after adventures that give them big
shots of adrenaline.

4. Halal Tourism

Religious tourism is not new; itâ€™s been practiced in various forms
(such as pilgrimages) for centuries, and this new kind of religious
tourism has been for years now one of the most popular types, but
once you learn more about it you will understand why only Muslims
want to join in.

5. Shark Tourism

Shark tourism is actually a subgenre of another type of tourism eco-tourism.
It appeals to all these people who love sharks and their bloody jaws; anything
related to the Great White sharkÂ (and other less harmful sharks) is what's on
offer in these touristic experience. Â Experienced divers and protective cages
are must-haves for this adventurous kind of tourism.

6. Ghetto Tourism

With the spread of hip-hop culture over the past fifteen years, more and more
people became curious about the places where this specific genre of music and
lifestyle began. In the past few years, the American ghettos of Detroit, New
York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have become tourist spots, mostly because of
young people interested in this specific lifestyle, graffiti, music, and
clothing.

7. Drug Tourism

Nowadays the destinations for drug tourism are pretty well established — even
mainstream. For personal use and the fun of the thing.

8. Dark Tourism

Dark tourism revolves around anything that has to do with death, disaster,
tragedy, and in a few cases, even the afterlife.

9. Tolkien Tourism

The Lord of the Rings

Tolkien tourism is about two things: on the one hand, dedicated and hardcore
fan visits to the Lord of the Rings fictional â€œplanet;â€ and on the other
hand, visits to every site of importance mentioned in the films or books.

10. Atomic Tourism

This is a type of tourism that sprang up after the dawn of the Atomic Era.
Curious tourists fascinated with the Atomic Era can visit places important
to the history of the Atomic Age, places where significant incidents related
to atomic power took place.

Top 10 Weird Types of Tourism
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TYPES
OF
TOURISM
LINKS

2 Types of Tourism: International and Domestic Tourism
http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/tourism/2-types-of-tourism-international-and-domestic-tourism/14100/

4 Most Important Types of Tourism
http://www.shareyouressays.com/93550/4-most-important-types-of-tourism

10 Types Of Tourists You Should Never Be
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/09/tourists-locals-love-to-hate_n_4111007.html

The 10 Different Types of Tourists
– Which One Are You?
https://www.locomole.com/stories/10-different-types-tourists-one/

The Different Types of Tourism
https://www.slideshare.net/ALTINBAKU/the-different-types-of-tourism

Different types of tourism destinations
https://www.ukessays.com/essays/tourism/different-types-of-tourism-destinations.php

Forms of Tourism
http://oer.nios.ac.in/wiki/index.php/Forms_of_Tourism

Types Of Tourism
https://www.typesof.com/types-of-tourism/

Types Of Tourism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/human_processes/tourism/revision/3/

Types of Tourism
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/issue11/types.html

Types of Tourism
http://vacayholics.com/types-of-tourism

Types of Tourism
http://www.english-online.at/travel/tourism/tourism.htm

Types of Tourism
http://www.travel-industry-dictionary.com/types-of-tourism.html

What Are The Different Types Of Tourism?
http://www.careerigniter.com/questions/what-are-the-different-types-of-tourism/

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Smart
Traveler
Enrollment
Program
(STEP)
https://step.state.gov/

Tourism
Office
Directory
https://www.intltravelnews.com/tourismdirectory

Travel
and Tourism
Competitiveness
Report
http://reports.weforum.org/travel-and-tourism-competitiveness-report-2017/

Tourism
Competitiveness
Index
(TTCI)
http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/methodology/components/tourism-competitiveness-index-tci

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