Task 1 Types of Tourism

What is tourism?

          Tourism refers to the business of providing accommodation & associated services to the people visiting places. Tourism involves two elements i.e. the journey to the destination & stay.
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.

Sources :

http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/140791-What-is-tourism-and-its-types.aspx