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    People travel for special interests like medical, religious, adventure, cultural, sports, and health tourism. Medical tourism involves traveling for medical procedures that may not be available or affordable in their home country. Religious tourism refers to pilgrimages to sacred sites like Mecca. Adventure tourism involves activities with risk like trekking or kayaking.

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    People travel for special interests like medical, religious, adventure, cultural, sports, and health tourism. Medical tourism involves traveling for medical procedures that may not be available or affordable in their home country. Religious tourism refers to pilgrimages to sacred sites like Mecca. Adventure tourism involves activities with risk like trekking or kayaking.

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    There are reasons for travel that are hard to place into one of the three categories
    of leisure, business or VFR.
    Tourist may travel for a special purpose or interest.
     Medical tourism – travel for medical reasons for essential or non-essential
    procedure like surgery which may not be available in their home country or
    expensive. It includes travel for cosmetic or dental procedures.
     Religious tourism – travel for religious journey or pilgrimage
    (spiritual/religious journey) to special places like Mecca.
     Adventure tourism – travel aimed at taking part in adventurous activities or
    travel with a degree of risk eg: trekking, kayaking
     Cultural tourism – travel to learn or experience other cultures.
     Sports tourism – travel to watch a sports team or to take part in sports
     Health and well-being tourism – travel to improve happiness, health and
    wellness eg: Spa tourism

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