Tourism and Travel Report: Definitions, Demographics, and Plan

This report delves into the multifaceted world of tourism, offering a comprehensive overview of various tourism types, including ecotourism, medical tourism, adventure tourism, cultural tourism, gastro tourism, sports tourism, sex tourism, volunteer tourism, party tourism, education tourism, protest tourism, working holiday tourism, LGBTQ tourism, heritage tourism, event tourism, and sustainable tourism. Each type is defined, and its demographic and psychographic characteristics are explored. The report also presents a detailed sustainable tourism plan specifically designed for Barbuda, analyzing the island's tourism industry, identifying principal tourist motivators, and assessing the political, social, environmental, and economic impacts of tourism. Finally, it outlines appropriate planning strategies for sustainable tourism development in Barbuda, providing a holistic understanding of the subject.

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Table of Contents
Part 1: Definition and Demographic and Psychographic Description of the following types of
tourism........................................................................................................................................2
Ecotourism.................................................................................................................................2
Medical Tourism........................................................................................................................2
Adventure Tourism....................................................................................................................3
Cultural Tourism........................................................................................................................3
Gastro Tourism...........................................................................................................................4
Sports Tourism...........................................................................................................................5
Sex Tourism...............................................................................................................................5
Volunteer Tourism.....................................................................................................................6
Party Tourism.............................................................................................................................6
Education Tourism.....................................................................................................................7
Protest Tourism..........................................................................................................................7
Working Holiday Tourism.........................................................................................................8
LGBTQ Tourism........................................................................................................................8
Heritage Tourism.......................................................................................................................9
Event Tourism............................................................................................................................9
Sustainable Tourism.................................................................................................................10
Part 2: Sustainable tourism Plan for Barbuda:.........................................................................10
Detail description of the tourism industry in Barbuda 300......................................................10

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Principal motivators for Tourists in Barbuda...........................................................................11
Political, Social, Environmental and Economic Impact of tourism.........................................12
Appropriate Planning for Sustainable Tourism development in Barbuda...............................15

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Part 1: Definition and Demographic and Psychographic Description of the following
types of tourism
Ecotourism
The ecotourism is the types of responsible type of tourism that usually involve with
the idea of natural conservation. This main principle behind the ecotourism is develop the
cultural and environmental awareness among the public. It is also believed to be one of the
effective ways to maintain sustainability within the tourism industry, where there is a major
threats of destruction of natural resource due to the activities of the tourists.
Currently ecotourism is believed to be one of the fastest growing sector that is mainly
based in Wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. Biodiversity is one of the main purpose of
ecotourism (Mahrous & Hassan, 2016). Eco tourism sites are mainly source of attraction for
nature lover people. It is also important to note that places of Ecotourism generally have a
high diversity of flora and fauna that is responsible for the maintenance of the ecological
balance. The rain forest of Latin America and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia are few of
the major example of ecotourism destination all across the globe.
Medical Tourism
Medical tourism is the type of visit, where people travel to other country in order to
get proper medical treatment. This mainly refers to the purpose of the visit, where citizens
form for developed country travel to more developed areas in order to take the advantage of
the latest medical technology. There are also cases, where people travel to a different place,
in order to get medical treatment at lower cost. According to the report of Xiang et al., (2015),

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in majority of the cases, the purpose of medical tourism is to conduct high level of surgery
that usually requires the guidance of renowned surgeons.
The medical tourism is mainly famous in places, where there is high technological
infrastructure and availability of large number of health care centres that is controlled by
renowned physicians. Costa Rica is one of the famous example of medical tourism
destination for the Americans, where the people visit in order to get medical treatment at
much lower cost (Han & Hyun, 2015).
Adventure Tourism
The main purpose of adventure tourism is to explore and visit remote and exotic areas
and that is generally avoided by the majority of the common tourists. Few of the major
components of adventure tourism includes high level of physical activity, cultural exchange
and deep connection with the natural resources (Goodall & Ashworth, 2013). In many cases,
there are high level of risks that are involved within the actives associated with that of the
adventure tourism.
For the tourists, the main source of motivation for conducting adventure tourism
includes mental states, which is generally influenced by the hormonal rush and the ability to
step out of the comfort zones. The experience of cultural shock through the performance of
art is also highly common as a part of the adventure tourism. The adventure tourism is
generally associated with different types of adventure sports that includes mountain biking,
trekking, paragliding, scuba diving and many more. The Grand Canyon national park and
Yellowstone are few of the major sites of adventure tourism in USA.

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Cultural Tourism
The main purpose of cultural tourism is to promote the cultural lifestyle and food
habit of a particular region. The history of the local people along with art architecture and
religion and also few of the major components of cultural tourism. In the rural areas cultural
tourism includes tradition of the indigenous tribes. In spite of the rise of modernization in the
lifestyle of human beings all over the globe, the popularity of cultural tourism is going high
significantly. According to the report of World Tourism Organisation, nearly 37% of the
revenue generated from tourism sector are dependent upon cultural tourism (Pulido-Fernández,
et al., 2015). It is also believed to be one of the effective way to preserve the culture and
tradition of the past in many nations.
The places, of the traditional tribes and indigenous people are mainly famous for the
cultural tourism in all over the globe. The New York City of USA is mainly famous for the
cultural tourism sites, which is also one of the famous tourist attraction destination for people
all across the globe.
Gastro Tourism
The gastro tourism is believed to be one major part of cultural tourism, which is
mainly based upon the famous food available in a place. The main purpose of Gastro tourists
are to explore various aspects of the food habits of a region. The tourists also explode the
natural ingredients that are used in the process of food making. One of the major purpose of
the gastro tourism is to promote the food habits of the region. The food that is available in a
region depends on the local climate and topography. With the introduction of new types of
food, it is possible for the new types of food to promote the gastro tourism. Food tours and
travel programs are an important part of gastro tourism, where the tourists get the opportunity
to slow different type of street foods that are available in a city. According to the estimation

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of the world food and Travel Association, the expense of different type of food and beverage
items accounts for nearly 15 to 30% of the total standings in a tour programme. It is also
possible for the local restaurants of a place to improve upon their revenue generation due to
the impact of tourism industry.
Gastro tourism is mainly famous among all type of food lovers, who are enthusiastic about
different styles of culinary practice. Market tour is also an important part of Gastro tourism,
where the tourists explore the different types of food native food ingredients.
Sports Tourism
The purpose of sports tourism is to participate or observe in any major Sporting event.
It is believed to be one of the fastest growing industry under the tourism sector, which
amounts for 7.68 billion dollar in a year (de Grosbois, 2016). People generally participate in a
general sports event, in order to encourage their favourite sport team or sports person.
Olympic game, Formula 1 racing championship and football world cup a few of the famous
events that are associated with the purpose of sports tourism.
The popularity of different type of sports all across the globe is providing new
opportunity to the sport tourism sector. There are also several examples, where people
directly take active participation in sports event, which may include Marathon or snow
skating, which is generally famous in the mountain region.
Sex Tourism
The main purpose of the sex tourism for the travellers is to take part different types of
sexual activities that is generally famous in the prostitutes and red light areas. This types of
tour programs are generally arranged in different ways, which may not be a part of the main
tour program of the region. Nevertheless, there are different types of social issues that are

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associated with this type of tour programs. These include abuse of women and young child
and sexually torturing them.
It is also relevant to mention that the sex tourism is only viable in the regions, where
the local authority provides legal permission for the commercialization of sexual relationship
between two individuals (Tan et al., 2016).
Volunteer Tourism
The main purpose of voluntary tourism is to combine the activities of volunteering
and all other forms of tourism activities. The voluntary type of tourism is expected to
promote the elements of sustainable tourism that is mainly aimed to deal with the social and
economic development of a place. The volunteer tourists are the ones, who are encouraged
and enthusiastic about different types of tourism program and promoting the importance of
tourism in context of social and economic values. Contribution in the voluntary tourism
program can help in the process of implementing long term sustainable development plan. It
is also possible to expand the tourism industry and raise its importance in the context of local
economic value. It is possible to generate employment for the local people as the volunteers
are able to provide training to the local people. There are also several instances, where local
people act as per time volunteer tour guide.
Party Tourism
This type of tourism is very popular among the people of younger age, visit in some
lonely and a remote places with the purpose of indulging themselves with drinking, dancing
and party like behaviour. The Mediterranean region in the Europe are one of the most popular
destination for conducting party tourism.

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The main purpose of party tourism is to take participation in different types of
enjoyment activities with friends and families, try different type of food and drinks are being
served. The night clubs and resorts are the most popular places, where tourists involve in
party activities. One of the major controversies that are associated with party tourism is due
to the fact that many of the people involve themselves with excessive drinking of alcohol and
drugs. This can result in the increase of criminal activities (Webster & Ivanov, 2014).
Education Tourism
Education Tourism is a new sector that is growing within the tourism industry, where
tour programs are being conducted in order to obtain knowledge of a place. It can also be said
that the main purpose of encouraging Education Tourism is to generate knowledge among the
learners about the historical or cultural significance of a place. For example a group of
student can visit a historical place in order to gain practical knowledge about the Heritage
monuments, which is a major part of the academic course. School excursion activities can
also be regarded as a major part of Education Tourism. Activities like jungle safari and hiking
can help the learners to get wide variety of knowledge about the natural resource and thereby
raise their awareness about the importance of natural conservation.
The tour programs can also be conducted in the native lands, where the learners get
the chance to acquire knowledge by direct interaction with the indigenous people and raise
the level of cultural diversity knowledge (Mandal et al., 2017).
Protest Tourism
Protest tourism activities, where social activist take participation in protest programs
for saving any renowned tourist attraction place, which is at the risk of destruction from
human activities. The social and environmental organizers mainly take part in protest tourism

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activities. It is also believed to be one of the effective ways to raise the level of awareness of
the people within the community about social and environmental issues.
As media coverage is a part of the protest tourism activities, there is a huge
opportunity of gaining popularity in front of the world.
Working Holiday Tourism
The main purpose of working holiday tourism is to visit any foreign nation with the
purpose of engaging in short term Jobs or temporary project activities. People seek jobs in the
foreign lands in order to make more savings and also and some extra amount indulging in
various part time jobs.
Different Nations have various types of policies to provide visa for working holiday.
It is also provided to the students, who visit any foreign nation for the purpose of doing any
project work with senior supervisor. Australia is one of the favourite destination of working
holiday tourism, which is mainly due to the fact that education system of the country is
highly advanced that provide opportunity to the students from foreign Nations. On average
the total duration of working holiday tourism is around 3 months (Zaei & Zaei, 2013).
LGBTQ Tourism
This is one of the special forms of tourism, which is mainly planned for the people
within the LGBT community. This is also applicable for people, who have unique sexual
orientation. People within the LGBT community together take part in deciding upon the plan
of the tour program. The main intention of this type of tourism is to remove the social barriers
that are responsible for the social isolation of the people in the LGBT community. Hence,
they get the opportunity to take part in social gatherings and express out their feelings,

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The tourism destinations are mainly within the large cities, where the gay people are
able to get the opportunity to take part in the social welfare activities. San Francisco and
Sydney is believed to be few of the top destinations for the conducting tourism for the gay
community.
Heritage Tourism
In Heritage tourism for people get the opportunity to visit places of renowned
historical monuments and heritages. Heritage tourism can be regarded as a part of cultural
tourism activities, where people get the opportunity to visit places of historical significance.
The Tourist thereby get the opportunity to witness marvellous creation of past Civilization
and culture. It is however believe that the sustainability of Heritage tourism is entirely
dependent upon the conservation practice that are being implemented by the archaeological
department for saving the Heritage Sites from natural destruction.
People, who are generally interested in historical subject are mainly passionate about
Heritage tourism. The creation of Egyptian civilization in the form of pyramids are the
monuments of Mughals and Sultans in India are few of the major example of Heritage
tourism, which attract several tourists from all across the globe (Baum 2016). It is however
necessary for the archaeological department of respective Nations to implement proper
sustainable conservation measures, which will help in the maintenance of all famous
historical giants.
Event Tourism
The tourism, which are associated with famous cultural, sports or any other types of
public events. These events are believed to be one of the major motivations for improving the
volume of tourists, who visit in different places. The different types of events tourism

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includes cultural festival celebration which can be in the form of carnivals. The famous Rio
Carnival in Brazil is one of the biggest example of event tourism.
Other forms of events tourism includes political conference and events, which is
visited by VIPs and celebrity persons. There also can be events like the business meetings,
which is held to promote product launch or trade. There also can be personal events that is
held in the forms of marriage party and social gatherings. In case of a nation, who are given
the privilege to hold any famous public or sports events like the Olympic or Football world
cup, gets the opportunity to attract large number of tourists from all over the globe in a short
period of time.
Sustainable Tourism
The principles of Sustainable Tourism can be implicated in all forms of tourism sector
that have been defined in the above section. One of the main purpose of Sustainable Tourism
is to encourage future economic and environmental growth of the tourism sector and all types
of natural resources that are the main source of tourism attraction. The local stakeholders of a
tourism spot play a major contribution in maintaining sustainability within the tourism sector.
One of the main purpose of Sustainable Tourism is to be the level of awareness within the
common people about the importance of conservation of natural resources.
Part 2: Sustainable tourism Plan for Barbuda:
Detail description of the tourism industry in Barbuda
Barbuda is a Small Island group in the Caribbean region, which is mainly famous for
a place of tourist destination. The geographical location of the island helps to attract several
tourist from all across the globe. The beach activities like swimming, snorkelling fishing and
sea water are few of the famous popular tourist activities. The place is also famous for few of