Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism
involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveler
should expect the unexpected. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing
in popularity as tourists seek unusual holidays, different from the
typical beach vacation.
Adventure Tourism can take many forms with the increase in numbers
of people with disabilities around the World and recent veterans
from Wars have opened the doors to Adventure Travel for the
Disabled. Albeit this may not be in exotic areas some tourism areas
that have been developing include Australia, USA and Canada.
Whistler and Vancouver British Columbia, Canada have been taking the
lead with the 2010 Paralympics coming up fast. Adapting to the needs
of the Disabled to attract a $ 13 billion dollar (Stan Hagen -
Tourism Minister of British Columbia) a year industry in North
America alone.
According to the (U.S.-based) global Adventure Travel Trade
Association, "adventure travel" may be any tourist activity
including two of the following three components: a physical
activity, a cultural exchange or interaction.
Mountaineering expeditions, trekking, bungee jumping, rafting and
rock climbing are frequently cited as an examples of adventure
tourism.
