Special Interest Tourism: Overview, Examples, and Impact on Maldives

This document provides an overview of special interest tourism, including its products and services. It explores the relationship between customer motivations and influences on special interest tourism, and how diverse customer expectations are met by niche tourism markets. The document also assesses the scale and scope of the special interest market in Maldives and analyzes the impact of special interest tourism on the destination and tourism providers' response to customer needs.

Special interest tourism

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................5
PART 1............................................................................................................................................5
Overview of special interest tourism products and services........................................................5
Overview and differentiation of characteristics between special interest tourim form
mainstream mass tourim..............................................................................................................6
Examination of examples in special intrests tourism products and servuices.............................7
Assessment of customers motivations, needs and expectations influencing special intrest
tourism.........................................................................................................................................7
Analaysis of relationships bteween customers motivations and influences of special interests
tourism products and services......................................................................................................8
Analysis of diverse customer motivations and expectations are met by special intrests and
niche tourims markets, products and experiences.......................................................................8
PART 2............................................................................................................................................9
Interpretation and assessment of data related to scale and scope of chosen special interest
market..........................................................................................................................................9
Analysis of impact of special interest tourism on chosen destination and tourism providers
responds to customers’ needs....................................................................................................10
Impact of special interest tourism on chosen destination..........................................................11
Examination of new and emerging special interest market products and providers.................11
Evaluation of market forces and trends in developing special interest’s tourism markets........13
Recommendations for development and impact of special interest’s tourism in future market
scenario......................................................................................................................................13
PART 3-PPT..................................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14

REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Special interest tourism can be analyzed as fastest growing segment within tourism
industry, where people travel to enhance experiences with satisfying new products and
experiences catering to new specific customer market. Within recent trends special interest
tourism, is widely expanding among working competencies, where products and services are
planned up in significant format as per specific personalization. Holiday Architects has been
taken as company, which is fastest growing and most trusted tour operators in UK. The report
will analyze examination on special tourism products and services, recent trends among varied
horizons and relationships between customer motivations. Influences of special interest’s
tourisms products and services will be examined based upon significant operatives, where
specific destination will be taken for implementing business products and services functionally.
Study will also in detail discuss examination evolved as per recent trends evolving in destination,
and practical expansion of strategy for strengthening traveler’s experiences with high
satisfaction.
PART 1
Overview of special interest tourism products and services
Special interest tourism is fastest growing segment within tourism industry, having
mature travelling public increasing seeking experiences which satisfies varied interests among
public. Educational tourism, beauty tourism, gastronomy tourism, entertainment tourism are
some of the top tourism products where services are highly innovative and structured in planned
format variedly. Special interest tourism has varied range of products underlining high engaging

principles and competencies, with latest competitive aspects variedly evolving. Holiday
Architects aims to bring on varied types of special tourist’s products and services, expanding
competencies diversely based upon structural expansion variedly (Powerful Travel Marketing
Tips for 2020, 2020).
Overview and differentiation of characteristics between special interest tourim form mainstream
mass tourim
Overview and
characteristics
Difference parameter
Educational tourism
Educational tourism refers to approach for pursuing education,
carrying out research activities and knowledge based on varied new
scale advancement scenarios. Education tourism has been
dynamically growing in recent time, on basis of further demands
among consumers and to extensively diversify structured
competencies.
beauty tourism, Tourists are travelling to corners across globe in pursuit of
cosmetics surgeries and beauty treatments based on latest trends
among customers. Internationally beauty tourism has high
productive scope rising, variedly expanding among key
determinants functionally for wider tourism goodwill.
Gastronomy tourism Culinary tourism or gastronomy tourism is exploration of food as
purpose among tourists where it is considered to be vital purpose for
creating diversified engagement practices. Gastronomy practices has
high globally expanded international tourist pace and platform,
where consumers look forward to experiencing new services as per
varied preferences.
Entertainment tourism It is termed as per tourism aspect, where people take part within
venues for enjoying entertainment activities such as concerts,
festivals and sport events with varied facilities and services of high
innovation. Entertainment leisure activities are further enhanced
dynamically, based upon expertise targets for stringent active
diversification (Top Business Strategies for Travel Agencies During
and After the Pandemic, 2020).

Sustainable tourism It is one of the widely expanding special tourism, where it takes full
account of current and future economic, social and environment
impacts addressing needs of visitors. Also sustainable tourism
brings in usage of ecofriendly practices, hosts communities with
latest determinants profoundly and also synchronize higher
advanced news services innovatively.
Examination of examples in special intrests tourism products and servuices
Special interest’s tourism products and services are widely competent and
crucially expanding among working horizons rapidly, based on competent innovation rise
dynamically and varied untapped working rise. People recently look upon new specifics
within tourism facilities, based on competencies expansion where cultural heritage
competitively determines new strengthened working rise diversely (Haq, 2020). Examples of
special interests in special tourism products and services, where Holiday Architects are
heading on functionally within longer run. Special tourism brings new experiences for
people, including new activities and destinations which trends to further attract niche market
aspects. Examples of tourism based on nature are botanical tourism, mountain tourism which
attracts varied number of tourist from around globe. Types based on culture are festival,
ethnic tourism, cultural tourism and faith tourism which are diversely becoming common
with people varied new preferences for new experiences. Examples based on adventure are
based on shopping tourism, gambling, rafting which further plays crucial role in today’s
competitive world where people demands are stringently taken care of. Special interests
tourism further opens up functional rise on scope, for working efficacy goals where Holiday
Architects look towards investing new expertise based on operative growth standards.
Assessment of customers motivations, needs and expectations influencing special intrest tourism
Customers motivation, needs and expectations are widely expanding special interest
tourism services globally where there is high scope expanding among working scenarios recently
for diverse optimistic consumer’s services expansion. . Latest customer’s trends, motivations
have high influence in shaping special interests in tourism products and services fundamentally
based on rapid productive advancement factors. Customers motivations are rising with
preferences in global tourism, new innovation and creativity coming up as per latest trends where
rapid advancement is further proceeded. Cultural tourism enhances cultural activities where

visitors look for opportunities for essential characterization at international tourism, based on
lifestyle and diversity perspectives. Increasing awareness of environmental and impacts of mass
tourism has further diversified new competition parameters based on new exotic travel locations,
new technology implementations. Holiday architects are further exceeding new investments to be
expanded on new varieties of tourism trends, and special interest tourism factors for further
exceeding competitive innovation.
Analaysis of relationships bteween customers motivations and influences of special interests
tourism products and services
The relationship between customer’s motivations and influences among special
interest factors, has positively expanded tourism products and services rapidly among working
scenarios globally where companies are investing strategically. Holiday Architects aims to
further expand on expertise paradigms, based on special tourist’s factors for extending new
channels on consumer’s expansion dynamically. Relationships between customer’s motivation
and influence of special interests in tourism products and services, has further expanded key
business targets and consumer’s goodwill scenarios (Volgger, Pforr and Dowling, 2021).
Digitalized guest’s experiences with usage of contactless technology is focused on for creating
best tourist’s experiences with high focus on personalization, significantly extending new
hospitality management.
There is direct and crucial customer’s motivation, which influences positively special
interests among varied globally expanded tourism products and services rapidly. International
tourism has been structurally expanding by usage of new technologies essentially, further
bringing rapid efficacy benchmarks innovatively for bringing best customers experiences.
Gastronomical tourism, sustainable tourism and entertainment tourism aspects are widely
growing based on productive innovations in functional pace networks for larger significant
consumer’s expansion variedly.
Analysis of diverse customer motivations and expectations are met by special intrests and niche
tourims markets, products and experiences
Diverse customer motivations and expectations are met by special interests and niche
tourism markets, products and varied strategic rise on experiences for multidimensional
culture diversity. Special interest’s tourism caters to needs of specific markets, heading

towards rapid interest factors variedly where destinations are served with high tech services
and specific untapped working scenarios (Weiler and Firth, 2021). Holiday architects further
aim to integrate new services in aspects connected to special interests, where functional rise
diversely opens up scope for significant commercial rise among competitive hospitality
services.
 Gastro tourism is one of the most authentic, food and beverage related special interest’s
tourism, involving formal cultural diverse food practices and tourism services catering to
dynamic customer’s preferences. Cuisine tourism, food and wine tourism and religion
related productive pace which further enhances people experience for stringent
advancement diversely among determinants of special interest tourism.
 Educational tourisms have been found to be widely advanced recently, where education
is provided among students within historical places, where cultural heredity and business
efficacy are further expanded actively. By integrating advancement in learning, students
are motivated for learning and experiencing strategic rise diversely.
 Eco tourism is another keen special interest tourism where environmental friendly,
recycling practices and sustainable productive services are focused on. Sustainable
aspects, such as natural habitats and ecofriendly tourism services further variedly expand
key domains where people look for having new experience.
 Beauty tourism is also getting prominent attention within recent years, based on varied
therapy and beauty treatments availability which enhances scope and experience for
people globally. It is also rising interest among people, where travelers further
extensively look for new productive tourism services for staying (Terzić and Bajrami,
2021).
PART 2
Interpretation and assessment of data related to scale and scope of chosen special interest market
Holiday Architects plans to expand its services within travel in Maldives, which has high
scope of special interest market based on new diversified working advancement growing
fundamentally based on operative innovation. Maldives is made up of around 1200 coral islands,
natural serene places which has made it one of the prime tourist luxury destination for people
around world dynamically. Scale and scope of impact within special interest tourism, market and

tourism meets are strongly diversified for meeting new customer needs expectations diversely
within tourism industry.
Beautiful geographic features, unique culture and warm pace nature among people has
enhanced working advancement among tourists which functionally strengthens working
advancement. Maldives hosted around 1.70 million tourists which s 56.20% in 2019 highest in
recent years, with increasing people preferences for special interest market parameters. Maldives
is known for luxurious amenities, adventure activities for tourists who wish to experience exotic
stay diversely and also cuisine as per new gastronomy tourism preferences. Maldives is known to
be one of the prime tourist venue under special interest market having high number of tourists
coming every year. Interpretation has also examined aspects dynamically, where special interests
market has high scope for extended new consumers market preferences dynamically based on
overall expertise targets. Maldives hosts one of the largest number of tourists within world,
which is also significantly increasing interests among buyers and larger consumer’s networks
based on special interest tourism services.
Analysis of impact of special interest tourism on chosen destination and tourism providers
responds to customers’ needs
Impact of special interest tourism on Maldives has been strategically wide based on
functional productive efficacy investments done among hotels, resort and exotic venues.
Maldives hosts large number of tourists every year, with its serene beautiful landscapes and
strong varied functional growth arenas which enhances scope for extensive development.
Holiday architects has been expanding new range of investments pertaining towards special
interest tourism, where it aims to further bring on varied strategic rise diversely. Adventure
tourism, sustainable tourism and exotic services leading to extended tourism services expansion
has further diversified Maldives functional rise in hosting guests. Impact of special tourist’s
services has been positively expanded at services within destination, where Maldives hosts large
number of tourism providers responding to latest customer’s needs. Tourism providers are
significantly responding to varied customer needs, as per new functional rise diversity
parameters where rapid advancement further opens up scope extensively.
`Maldives has been extravagant for responding to customer needs variedly, with changing
competencies among latest scenarios where impact of special interest tourism has been huge

based on long term productive targets. Tourism providers are functionally responding towards
new special interest tourism services expansion, based on structural rise targets for extending key
connective networks diversely. This further also signifies imperative key business goals
significantly, based on optimum expertise targets for extensive tourism providers which further
opens up scope (Zarotis, 2021). Maldives also serves travelers with best optimum space within
special interest tourism perspectives, which functionally opens up scope for travelers to enjoy
varied new experiences confidently. With rise in demand for special interest tourism services,
customer’s preferences are taken significant care of for technical rise on productive new horizons
for connective professional diverse abilities
Impact of special interest tourism on chosen destination
Special tourism is recently growing within Maldives, with high scale changing
working advancement dynamically and to further diversify new preferences among resort and
hotels staying facilities. Travelers look upon new recreational facilities and adventure activities
where services has to be further extensively worked on competently, based on significant
competitive working avenues diversely. Impact of special tourism on Maldives is huge with
development of new varied range of amenities, services within competent tourism services
where latest trends in special interest tourism are taken significant care. Travel services
providers, such as Holiday Architects aim to further expand automation, personalization,
sustainable tourism and transformative travel for visitors from around the world. Maldives is
one of the globally renowned tourist attraction, which hosts successfully people base on exotic
amenities an luxury amenities within beach side and resorts.
Special interest tourism is taken significant care within Maldives where travel
services have high scope to further extensively be exotic among facilities, heading on towards
keen untapped functional scenarios diversely. There has been significant rise among special
interest tourism services, where recent trends are structurally expanding as per key working
trends dynamically based on optimum expertise (LUBOWIECKI-VIKUK and SOUSA, 2021).
Maldives market product services have huge scope extensively thriving, based on new special
interest tourism expansion which further integrates new mechanism for stringent efficacy
targets. Holiday Architects need to further integrate best resources planning aspects for

integrating special interest tourism services rapidly, monitor latest preferences dynamically and
also expand key business services.
Examination of new and emerging special interest market products and providers
There are new emerging special interest market products in tourism recently with
evolving efficacy among time determinants rapidly which strengthens functional avenues, and
also to expand key business determinants correlated to special interest tourism. Maldives hosts
large number of tourists every year, based on varied determined pace scenarios rapidly and also
vivid expertise goals rising actively. Holiday Architect has high scope in new emerging market
scenarios within special interest tourism parameters for extended business diversification
domains. New emerging special interest market products in tourism, further enhances scope for
extended commercial strengths within tourism products variedly (Mouratidis, 2021).
 Sports tourism refers to travel services which involves observing and participation of
varied sport events and adventure recreational activities for higher tourist’s attraction
rapidly. Mauritius has varied new sports activities for travelers who look for new
extended experience based on preferences. Sports tourism also holds indulgence in
adventure activities, facilities and consumer’s engagement expertise paradigms which
further diversifies extensive rise.
 Health tourism is also one of the new emerging special interest tourism service, which is
creating varied engagement among people based on optimum functional rise
dynamically. Travel that focuses on medical treatments and use of healthcare services,
are ranging from penetrative and health conductive services for rehabilitation. Wellness
tourism also comes under this field where structural growth competencies are rapidly
advancing, based upon significant competitive horizons. This is emerging tourism
services category, which diversely opens up huge scope for extended professional goals
diversely within keen scenarios based on optimum efficacy targets (Damijanić, 2021).
 Beauty treatments is another key trend evolving recently based on involving visiting
varied beauty centers for surgeries, therapies and beauty spa treatments which holds high
attractive features. Also Maldives has exotic beauty treatments for people, with natural
herbs in use and also to strengthen up people experience while booking their stay. Herbal
remedies are being served under this, which enhances scope towards extensive
competitive rise on hospitality and tourism services.

 Education tourism is also one of the widely advanced special interest tourism category
expanding recently among people demand which enhances knowledge for ethics among
places and cultural connectedness. By expanding this category, Holiday Architects will
be able to further extensively bring functional rise on huge functional competencies
functionally within longer run. It is one of the highly emerging category under special
interest tourism for extended experience enhancement, which professionally extends up
work efficacy dynamically (Alekseeva and Hercegová, 2021).
Evaluation of market forces and trends in developing special interest’s tourism markets
Market forces and trends evolving inn development of special interest tourism
market are widely advanced based on significant operatives, where recent innovation is widely
growing competently within recent time. Evaluation of market forces and trends, extensively
open up scope for technical rise diversely within performance domains extensively and to further
integrate competencies based on functional rise diversely. Globally market forces such as
hobbies and interests varying among people, meeting new people with high adventure and health
tourism are some of the latest trends which has enhanced implementation of special interest’s
tourism market. Media influences and structured innovation, pertaining towards varied needs
among people pertaining towards structural advancement has widely diversified dynamically
tourism industry. Furthermore, recreational activities evolvement and activities of cultural
socially enhances scope for extensive ethical touch among services within tourism variedly.
Market forces and trends have been functionally expanding people preferences for new tourism
services rapidly, based on extensive market force implementation rise goals aspects innovatively.
Tourism makers today significantly look for structured efficacy aspects creatively based
on optimum scenarios, where Holiday Architects have high scope to invest strategically.
Furthermore, tourist’s services should be analyzed strategically based on optimum aspects
connecting towards untapped working scenarios variedly based on significant commercial goals.
Maldives being one of the top exotic special interest tourism spot has been rapidly expanding to
bring on key lucrative travel facilities, and also to productively expand key determinants
technically (Nicolau, 2021).

Recommendations for development and impact of special interest’s tourism in future market
scenario
Special interest tourism services have high future for gaining consumers attraction
informatively based on leveraged working advancement scenarios widely, based on significant
market competitive perspectives. Holiday architects has high potentiality for strengthening
special interest tourism, in future market scenarios widely based on competitive market
advancement. People look for productive advanced tourism services, within travel and tourism
which enlarges the experience on varied scenarios diversely for higher satisfaction.
 Social media marketing utilization has further opened up scope for significant special interest
tourism in future market scenarios, which significantly strengthens company’s abilities to
expand among customer’s market. Holiday architect further need to integrate new
advancement in social media marketing parameters, extending commercial aspects for tourism
services based on customer market perspectives. Youtube, Instagram and other social media
platforms must be used for significant special interest tourism services, extended on
consumer’s preferences for extended larger rise diversely.
 New special interest tourism services, such as beauty tourism and health tourism aspects
further expand key determinants, diversely based on working operatives for extended
consumer’s services. Holiday Architects has scope to invest on new investments for
extending the varieties of tourism services, functional rise towards quest parameters to
keenly bring on productive experience for travelers (Tsitoura, and et.al, 2021). This further
also extends focus on integrating business services functionally, rising competencies
diversely and extending functional rise abilities profoundly based on functional goals. Also
bringing on expertise related with new significant commercial horizons for travel
perspectives, which extends competitive scenarios rapidly towards extended professional
diversity determinants. The new extended special interest tourism services will further
upscale productive goodwill among consumers, based upon productive keen scenarios
extensively which harnesses quest rise diversely.
 Management training, investments to further extend working professional expertise parameters
diversely should be focused on profoundly for larger competencies scenarios diversely for
extensive market rise. Holiday Architects need to work towards extending management
training resources, based on structured working advancement dynamically and to further
upgrade efficacy scenarios as per latest target horizons. This will enable business to diversify

its resources utilization functionally, rapidly work with expertise potentialities determinants
for extended competitive scenarios. Holiday Architects need to primitively expand resources
towards management training parameters, for extending competitive abilities within Maldives
to cherish overall productive growth rise (Ingram and et.al, 2021).
PART 3-PPT
CONCLUSION
From the above analyzed aspects within report, it can be concluded that special interest
tourism included varied aspects such as gastronomy tourism, beauty tourism, health tourism and
sports, entertainment tourism. Special interest tourism has been fundamentally diversifying
growing, based on significant channels in new arenas of hospitality services functionally which
also derives wider technical strengths to be worked on. Research has also concluded recent
trends shaping Holiday Architects business strategies which professionally plays strong role for
creating stakeholder’s engagement rapidly. Study has concluded personalization, significant
market forces among consumers such as hobbies, traveler’s choices and also recent advancement
coming up in tourism. Furthermore, research has concluded Maldives taken as the destination
within special interest tourism services where sustainable tourism will be expanded by company
for reaching out to larger consumer’s market.

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