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HealtHabiTravels: Cultural Adventure Tour| Luxury Adventure Travel... healthabitravels.com |
Access to inexpensive consumer technology, with respect to Global Positioning Systems, flashpacking, social networking and photography, have increased the worldwide interest in adventure travel.[1][2] The interest in independent adventure travel has also increased as more specialist travel websites emerge offering previously niche locations and sports.
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Many organizations and companies worldwide cater to adventure clientèle. Some geographic regions are promoted by both private and public agencies as adventure travel destinations, such as the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica, one of the worldwide leaders. ElderTreks specializes in adventure travels for those who are now over the hill. From the safaris of Africa to the explorations of Peru the trips provide adventurous, cultural, and nature focused experiences. For the eco-friendly traveler, Adventure Life provides custom trips to South and Central America and Antarctica, raising ecological and cultural awareness. Intrepid offers over 500 trips to around 100 destinations including North America, Europe, The Middle East, Africa, Australasia and The Pacific. Some other tour operators specializing in adventure travel are: Wilderness Journeys, for travels to Africa, South America, and Asia; TrekAmerica, for adventures in Canada, continental United States, Alaska, and Mexico; and Contiki Tours, covering among its areas Australia and North America. Along with information on adventure travels from tour companies, travelers can find useful trip facts, tour availability, and travel tips by directly visiting on-line the destination of choice. It offers itinerary ideas that cater to the history aficionado, with its visit to historic sites such as Machu Picchu, as well as to the daring explorer, with its variety of adventure travels such as paragliding, mountaineering, trekking, mountain biking, and rafting. Motorbiking opportunities in Patagonia are listed on the region's website along with a myriad of other adventure travels. Visit their glaciers, trek alongside the Andes with tours offered by Patagonia-Argentina. Without venturing outside of the United States, but still keeping adventure in mind, Colorado offers a multitude of activities that cater to the different types of travelers. The official website promotes skiing, climbing, and hiking, as well as train trips through a mine and trekking through Picketwire Canyon. [edit] DisabledWith the trend of increasing accessible tourism, available to disabled persons around the world, some tourism areas are developing adventure tourism specifically for the disabled. Whistler, British Columbia and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada have been taking the lead with the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Adventure travel for the disabled has become a $13 billion USD a year industry in North America.[3] Notable disabled adventurers include: Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to climb Mount Everest; Casey Pieretti, an amputee skater; and Caroline Walsh, founder of the Access to Marine Conservation for All International. Some adventure travel destinations offer diverse programs and job opportunities developed specifically for the disabled.[4] Esprit Rafting, located in Pontiac Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada, designs rafting trips for people with spinal cord damage, and is a rollerskate/RollerBlade free zone. [edit] Types of Adventure Travel[edit] Disaster TourismMain article: Disaster tourism Disaster tourism is the act of traveling 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 cataloged as disaster learning. [edit] Ghetto TourismMain article: Ghetto tourism Ghetto tourism refers to the growing popularity of tourism in ghettos. [edit] Jungle TourismMain article: Jungle tourism Jungle tourism is a rising subcategory of adventure travel defined by active multifaceted physical means of travel in the jungle regions of the earth. Although similar in many respects to adventure travel, jungle tourism pertains specifically to the context of region, culture and activity. According to the Glossary of Tourism Terms, jungle tours have become a major component of green tourism in tropical destinations and are a relatively recent phenomenon of Western international tourism. [edit] Overland TravelMain article: Overland travel Overland travel or overlanding refers to an "overland journey" - perhaps originating with Marco Polo's first overland expedition in the 13th century from Venice to the Chinese court of Kublai Khan. Today overlanding is a form of extended adventure holiday, embarking on a long journey, often in a group. Overland companies provide a converted truck or a bus plus a tour leader, and the group travels together overland for a period of weeks or months. Since the 1960s overlanding has been a popular means of travel between destinations across Africa, Europe, Asia (particularly India), the Americas and Australia. The "Hippie trail" of the 60s and 70s saw thousands of young westerners travelling through the Middle East to India and Nepal. [edit] Urban ExplorationMain article: Urban Exploration Urban exploration (often shortened as urbex or UE) is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites. It may also be referred to as "draining" (when exploring drains) "urban spelunking", "urban caving", or "building hacking". The nature of this activity presents various risks, including both physical danger and the possibility of arrest and punishment. Many, but not all, of the activities associated with urban exploration could be considered trespassing or other violations of local or regional laws. [edit] Ethno TourismEthno tourism refers to visiting a foreign location for the sake of observing the indigenous members of its society for the sake of non-scientific gain. Some extreme forms of this include attempting to make first contact with tribes that are protected from outside visitors. Two controversial issues associated with ethno tourism include bringing natives into contact with diseases they do not have immunities for, and the possible degradation or destruction of a unique culture and/or language.[5] [edit] See also
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