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NOMBRE ALUMNO:
Greysi Marina Martínez

CATEDRATICO:
Lic. Madelin Mercedes Moreno

ASIGNATURA:
Ingles V

FECHA:

8/06/2021
 Introduction

Tourism is a major economic activity that has developed significantly over the
years. It’s an activity that can be recognized in both developed and developing
nations. In general terms, tourism is the movement of a person from one place to
another to visit and mesmerize the beauty of that place or to have fun. Moreover,
the concept of traveling is considered a luxury and only people with higher income
can afford this luxury.
Traveling is a tiring and difficult thing and not everyone is able to travel. But at the
same time, it’s a fun activity that takes your tiredness away. Travelling adds flavor to
life as you travel to different places that have a different culture and lifestyle. Also,
it’s an easy way to learn about the culture and tradition of a place. Besides, for many
areas, tourism is their main source of income.
 Types of Tourism

Adventure tourism involves the exploration of remote places where travelers

can expect the unexpected. It involves connecting with a new culture or new
landscape and at the same time being physically active. Some of the adventure
tourism activities involve day hiking, backpacking, zip lining, free fall, rafting, and
mountain biking, skiing and snowboarding.

Accessible tourism ensures people get access to tourist destinations, products

and services regardless of physical limitations, disabilities or age. This tourism
market was promoted through the research commissioned by the European
Commission where the stakeholders provided insights on the complexities
involved in accessible tourism. The European Network for Accessible Tourism
has facilities such as barrier-free destinations, activities, exhibits, attractions and
more.
Alternative tourism, also known as specific interest tourism (SIT) involves travel
that encourages interaction with local government, people and communities.
Many travelers choose alternative tourism because they love nature and want to
preserve it. Some of the approaches by alternative tourism involve ecotourism,
adventure tourism, rural tourism, sustainable tourism, solidarity tourism, etc.

Atomic tourism has recently emerged where tourists learn about the atomic age
by traveling to sites such as museums with atomic weapons, missile silos,
vehicles that carried atomic weapons. Some of the top atomic tourist sites in the
world are The Trinity Site, Doom Town, The Titan Missile Museum, Hanford B
Reactor, Los Alamos, The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Enola
Gay, Chernobyl and Pripyat, Hiroshima, Bikini Atoll and Malan Military Expo Park.
Birth tourism also known as maternity tourism is the practice of traveling to
another country for giving birth. The main reason for this practice is to obtain
birthright citizenship. Other reasons include access to public schooling,
healthcare and sponsorship for the parents. Some of the countries that give
citizenship by birthright include United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil,
Bolivia, Jamaica, and Uruguay.

Cultural tourism is where travelers engage with a country or religion’s culture,

especially the lifestyle and other elements that shaped the life of the people.
Tourists get immersed with related activities such as rituals and festivals. Some
of the popular cultural tourism destinations in the world are Madagascar; Lombok,
Indonesia; Latvia; Haida Gwaii, British Columbia; Northern Sri Lanka; Chiang
Mai, Thailand; Aristi, Greece; Western Cape, South Africa and Tamil Nadu, India.
Disaster tourism or dark/black/grief tourism involves visiting environmental
disaster places that are either natural or man-made. People are attracted to this
type of tourism because of its social, academic or cultural essence. Some of the
most famous disaster tourism spots in the world are Hurricane Katrina, Pompeii,
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, Nevada National
Security Site, Johnstown Flood National Memorial and 9/11 Memorial.

Jungle tourism is a subcategory of adventure tourism which is nothing but

traveling to the jungle regions of the earth. The top jungle tourism destinations in
the world are The Jungles of Kipling, The Jungles of Borneo, The Brazilian
Amazon, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Tarzan’s Africa, The Wild Jungles of Papua
New Guinea, Christmas Island’s Crazy Wildlife, Ancient Waipoua Forest, Peru
Cloud Forest and Monteverde Cloud Forest.
Self-guided tour or self-governing tour or solo trips is a type of tour where the
traveler is responsible for getting from point A to point B on their own. They travel
based on information such as maps, instructions and suggestions provided by
tourist attractions. Some of the popular types of self-guided tours are walking
tours, cycling tours and cross-country skiing.

Set-jetting is the latest trend that involves traveling to destinations that are seen
in movies. Visiting stately homes like in the Jane Austin movies, touring London
in high-speed boats like James Bond are good examples. Top set-jetting
destinations in the world are Breaking Bad (New Mexico), Harry Potter (England)
and The Wire (USA). There is also one more type of tourism called Tolkien
tourism where fans of the Lord of the Rings universe travel to the sites of the film,
especially in New Zealand.
Sports tourism involves either observing or participating in a sporting event. It
is one of the fastest-growing sectors and equates to $7.68 billion. Sports tourism
is also classified into sports event tourism, celebrity and nostalgia sport tourism
and active sport tourism. Normally, tourists are attracted to events such as the
Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup, F1 Grand Prix, World Tennis
Championship, BWF World Championships and Cricket World Cup.

Sustainable tourism or responsible tourism involves traveling to a place in

order to make a positive impact on the environment, society and economy. It
benefits everyone involved and not just one half of the equation. The top
sustainable tourism destinations in the world are the Republic of Guyana,
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Portugal, and Chumbe Island in Tanzania, Bardia National
Park and Ecuador’s Galapagos National Park.
War tourism involves travelling to war zones for sightseeing or historical study.
Such types of tourists get the thrill in travelling to dangerous and forbidden places.
Some of the top war tourism destinations in the world are Baghdad, Iraq;
Damascus, Syria; Mogadishu, Somalia; Gaza, Palestine, Kashmir, India; Jonglei
and Upper Nile, South Sudan; Tripoli, Libya; Central African Republic; Kabul,
Afghanistan; and Yemen.

Wellness tourism is a significant part of tourism from ancient times. This tourism
mainly attracts those tourists who want to regain their health. Wellness tourism
will help you to get rid of mental and health stress. Tourists recover their health
issues by doing physical, spiritual, or psychological activities. All around the
world, there are plenty of destinations, which are popular to improve health.
Business tourism: This kind of tourist, travelling to attend meetings, officially get
together for conferences, etc. Business tourism plays a vital role in the tourism
sector. Sometimes, people stay out of their typical environment for more than a
year for business purposes and spend their vacations there. General activities
related to business tourism include attending meetings, officially getting together,
conferences, seminars, visiting exhibitions and trade fairs, etc.

Dark tourism: It is referred to as mourning tourism. Dark tourism involves visiting

those places and sites that have witnessed the greatest tragedies in history.
Besides this history of human suffering and bloodshed, these locations are
famous for their historical value. So, those sites that carry potent pesticides have
become popular tourist destinations and attract many tourists every year.
Culinary or food tourism involves tasting and experiencing local and traditional
food in a specific country, region, or city/town/village. It is significant that besides
accommodation and infrastructure. Here food is one of the prime components.
Therefore, lots of tours are organized here to experience the culinary culture.
Today, with the overall growth of this sector, this tourism has expanded and
developed to the next level in this era.

Celebrity tourism or Film Tourism: In this tourism prime attraction is celebrities.

Sometimes celebrities come there as tourists and join the event. So you can visit
that place where the event happened earlier. Although no celebrities are present,
only you can see the entire studio. Many Destination Management organizations
(DMOs) use celebrity tourism to promote destinations as an attraction. Popular
celebrity tourism destinations are – Hollywood, Harry Potter Studios, Ramoji Film
City India, Cannes Film Festival, Hong Kong, and Madame Tussauds.
Educational tourism is involved in education—an educational tourist away from
their hometown for many days. Education and learning are the key reason for
their travels, and it is learning knowledge from the historical place, cultural and
social events, and understanding a language. It’s used as a tool to complement
education by gathering travel experience. Many educational institutes combine
these trends in primary schools and are compulsory in higher education.

Cruise tourism is one of the newest and fastest-growing parts of the world
tourism industry. The world’s famous coastline and inland waterway have the
potential to develop cruise and houseboat tourism. Like Quark Expeditions, OZ
Cruising, A-ROSA River Cruises. India has many types of tourist cruises. Soon
India is going to be including Ocean Cruise, River Cruise, and Lake Cruise.
Rural tourism: In this category, a tourist spends their leisure time in rural areas
or villages. Visitors can make a plan to visit the rural area for some days or a
couple of months. Especially Solo traveler can visit those places to enjoy their
lonely time. They join all the local activities that happen in this village. Now rural
tourism is included in a ‘country holiday’ where the tourist spends a large part of
his / her leisure time. Thus, they taste the recreational activities in the rural
environment.

Agritourism, also referred to as agricultural tourism, argotourism or farm tourism

is a subset of the rural tourism industry. It focusses on agricultural operations and
involves tourist activities based in or around farms. This includes activities such
as wine tours, horseback riding, clay bird shooting, animal petting and historical
agricultural exhibits.
Aid tourism, also referred to as charity tourism, is a form of travel which centers
on charitable activity. It can involve helping those in need directly by joining
a volunteer tourism programme, for example. It can also involve booking tours
and travels or providing financial donations through organization’s and tour
operators which promote charitable tourism, such as Tourism
Concern, Barefoot or the Travel Foundation.

Ancestry tourism, also known as genealogy tourism or roots tourism, is tourism

which involves travel to destinations that the tourist is connected to through
ancestral means. In parallel to the emergence of a number of organization’s
aimed at tracing a person’s family tree, this tourism form has grown in recent
years. Destinations such as Scotland, The USA and Canada are popular
ancestral tourism destinations given the extent of past immigration in these
countries.
A babymoon is a holiday that is taken shortly before the birth of a child, usually
in the second trimester. A babymoon is seen as a last chance to relax and take
a break before the arrival of the baby. Babymoons have become very popular
over the last decade and are popular amongst those living in the United Kingdom,
Australia and the United States of America. Popular babymoon destinations
include destinations that are not too hot and that do not have mosquito borne
viruses Zika and Malaria.

Backpacking is essentially the act of travelling with a backpack. It is typically

associated with budget, long-term, independent travel and is common
undertaken by travelers in their twenties. However, the nature of backpacking
has, in recent years, changed. Whilst some tourists do fit the typically description
of young, budget tourists on a gap year, there has been an emergence of older
backpackers, backpacking families and wealthy backpackers (see-flash packer).
Beach tourism is tourism whereby which the physical beach landscape is a
prominent element of the holiday. This will often encompass the traditional
seaside and package holidays that are popular in Europe. Beach tourism can
involve a range of activities and hospitality services including water sports,
boating and fishing.

Booze tourism is tourism which focusses around the act of consuming alcohol.
Whilst this may encompass activities such as wine tasting or brewery tours, it is
most commonly associated with booze cruise excursions. A booze cruise is a
boat ride that involves significant levels of alcoholic consumption whilst onboard.
It may also include stops at bars, parties and drinking games. Booze cruises are
popular in 18-30 party destinations such as the Greek islands and parts of Spain
such as Magaluf or Ibiza.
Couchsurfing is based on the concept of hospitality, whereby tourists will stay
on a couch, bed or other sleeping area in a person’s house, free of charge.
Couchsurfing is more than just a means of finding accommodation; it is a
hospitality and social networking service which facilitates cultural exchange
worldwide.

Danger tourism, also commonly referred to as extreme tourism or shock tourism,

is the act of travelling to a destination to undertake extreme activities. An
extension of adventure tourism, this type of travel is often considered dangerous.
Extreme tourist activities include cliff BASE jumping in Norway, volcano bungee
jumping in Chile and climbing Mount Hua in China.
Camping: is a famous outdoor activity that involves an overnight stay in a tent or
recreational vehicle. It is considered as an inexpensive accommodation option. A
minimum of one night is spent, distinguishing it from day-tripping, picnics, and
other short-term recreational activities. There is also one more luxurious type of
camping called Glamping. Some of the famous camping types are tent camping,
backpacking/hiking, survivalist camping, canoe camping, RV and van camping.
 Conclusion

 Tourism is a complex system that is built up of industry sectors including

accommodation, recreation and entertainment, food and beverage
services, transportation, and travel services. It encompasses domestic,
inbound, and outbound travel for business, leisure, or other purposes. And
because of this large scope, tourism development requires participation
from all walks of life, including private business, governmental
agencies, educational institutions, communities, and citizens.
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