What is tourism?
Tourism is a temporary short term moment of people of destinations outside the place of their residence. Tourism is undertaken for recreation, sight seen, pilgrimage for medical reasons, for adventure etc.
Types of Tourism
1.
Adventure tourism
There is a trend
among the youth to take adventure tour. They organized camp fire and stay under
the blue sky. This tourism is meant for people with strong nerves who can
tolerate stress.
Example : They go for trekking,rock
climbing, river rafting, bungee jumping,
mountain biking, canoeing, scuba diving, etc.
2. Health
tourism
In
recent years, health tourism has become highly popular. People visit nature
cure centers and hospitals providing specialist treatment.
Example : Many
foreigners visit India for treatment because similar services in their country are costly.
3. Historical tourism
Tourist is interested to know how our forefather lived and
administered in a particular area.
Example
: They visit heritage locations, temples, churches, museums, forts, etc.
4. Religious tourism
India represents multi-religious composition of population. Various
package tours are organized to enable people to attend the religious duties and
visit places of religious importance.
Example : Mecca, Char Dham yatra, The Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Jerusalem, etc.
5. Music
tourism
It
can be part of pleasure tourism as it includes moment of people to sing and
listen music and enjoy it.
Example : We can enjoy
street music in the city we visit like in London City.
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