Understanding Adventure Tourism: Destinations, Activities, Providers, and Future Trends

Introduction
Tourism can be defined as process in which the individuals from one
place to another for any purpose whether business or personal. There
are various types of tourism such as Adventure tourism, Cultural
tourism, wildlife tourism and many more. The report will be on
adventure tourism and its related activities. Adventure tourism
involves movement of people from one location to another for doing
some adventurous activities like skydiving, hill climbing and scuba
diving(Abascal, 2019). The poster presentation has also covered the
Swot analysis of the tourism sector.
Understanding the World of Tourism
Types of Adventure
It can be mainly divided in two categories which are hard and soft. Both these
types are discussed below:
Hard Adventure: It can be defined as the activities which involves high level of
risk, advanced skills and need intense commitment. The examples of this type of
adventure are caving, trekking, rock climbing and mountain climbing. These
activities are very risky in nature as the risk of life is associated with these
adventures. The tourists are given proper guidance in relation to the activity and
professional guides are hired to accompany the visitors in their action(Fan, 2020).
Soft Adventure: It refers to the activities which possess a low level of risk. The
individuals doing these adventures require less commitment and very basic
beginning skills. An experience guide leads the tourists during their adventure for
the purpose of safety. The main activities are kayaking, hiking, camping and bag-
packing.
Key Providers
The main providers of these adventure tourism activities are local
suppliers, inbound tour operator, outbound tour operator,
customer located and travel agent wholesaler. All these providers
of tourism are very essential for the development and growth of
tourism sector in the world. There are various organisation's
which are involved in the tourism industry(Ferreira and Sousa,
2022). These promotes the tourism through various activities
such as promotion, advertisement and spreading awareness. The
major organisation's are United Nations World Tourism
Organisation and World Travel & Tourism Council. These bodies
try to promote the value of tourism in the growth and
development of any nation. The main purpose is to provide the
required support and leadership which will help in spreading
knowledge of the importance of tourism(GarcíaVillaverde, Elche
and MartinezPerez, 2020).
Destination and Activities
There are various tourists destinations which are famous for
adventure sports. These places provides a great experience to the
visitors in terms of thrill and excitement. The popular places in India
are Bir-Billing, Rishikesh, Ladakh and Har ki Doon Valley. The
tourists can perform various activities in this places like bungee
jumping, mountain biking, paragliding etc. It improves the image in
front of tourists which helps in attracting tourism from various parts
of the world. Apart of it, the the tourists can enjoy various other
entertainment activities which are organised by the travel companies.
The UK is having great quality of foods and beverages which is also
an essential factor in attracting a large number of tourists from all
over the world(Jaaron, Pham and Cogonon, 2021).