Tuesday, July 12, 2011

TYPES OF TOURISM

TYPES OF TOURISM
 Tourism industry is the kind of industry associated with providing leisure activities concerned with travel, natural beauty, food, accommodation, environment and other facilities for the people who are visiting a place for any reason.


HEALTH TOURISM

This segment of tourism consisting of programmes and activities developed to improve or balance the physical or spiritual condition of an individual or group of persons. Examples: yoga workshops, detoxification clinics, spas, etc.

EDUCATION TOURISM

The segment of tourism consists of programmes and activities for learning, training or increasing knowledge on site, involving students and teachers with local professionals. Examples: anthropology, botany, cookery, languages, photography, zoology, etc.

TRADE AND CONFERENCE TOURISM

Multinational companies hold their conferences and meeting veneus in the central point country in favor of the participants from different countries to visit with ease and to save long distance overhead costs.

RECREATIONAL TOURISM

This type of tourism is concerned with leisure and rest recover physical and psychic stamina. Recreational tourism is often sand, sea and sex-promoted by beautiful color pictures; that make the visitors to be ‘there’-on.

HISTORICAL TOURISM

The segment of tourism deals with the magnificence of the past. In this type of tourism, people generally visit museums, and cathedrals. The tourists involved in this type need special guidance for detailed information regarding ruins and monuments.

SPORT TOURISM

The segment of tourism consisting of programmes and activities for the specific purposes of promoting the practice of sports by amateurs and professionals. Examples: mounteering, golf, diving, fishing, windsurfing.
 
ECO-TOURISM

Eco-Tourism is often ancillary to ethic tourism, attracting tourist elite to remote areas. This type of tourism is primarily geographic and many education oriented travelers enjoy through mountains and countryside to observe man-land relationships, etc.

ADVENTURE TOURISM

This is the segment of tourism which consists of programmes and activities with the expeditions, full of challenges and surprises. This types of tourism include like bunjey jump,mountain climbing.treacking etc.

CULTURAL TOURISM

This tourism provides knowledge about culturally rich city or region. This includes the local color or picturesque.Cultural tourism upgarde the religion of the different ethic group.It promotes the development of culture one country to another country.

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