Topic: Adventure Tourism
Title: What are the factors that affects tourist from choosing their destination when it comes to adventure tourism nowadays?
Variance: Kinds of destination Personality of the tourist Different factors affecting their decision
Adventure tourism that combines physical activity, cultural exchange, or interaction and an engagement with nature, creates some excitement by stepping out of your comfort zone requires significant physical or mental effort may involve some kind of risk, be it real or perceived expectations vary depending on participants level of experience may have an element of physical danger mountaineering, trekking, walking, bungee jumping rock climbing, white water rafting, kayaking, fishing. Adventure can be broken into 2 parts soft adventure and hard adventure. Soft Adventure a travel experience that goes beyond the typical tourist itinerary is rewarding for the spirit and the mind is safe and without excessive physical demands, examples of soft adventure: camping, walking on gradually changing terrain, Biking. Hard Adventure is a travel experience that has more physical challenge has a higher element of risk is rewarding to the spirit pushes people outside of the comfort zone, examples of hard adventure: Mountaineering, White water rafting/kayaking, mountain biking. Adventure tourism requires higher physical fitness; participant needs to push their self from their comfort zone. And adventure tourism is often expensive because of the equipment and the area where the adventure tourism is held. And woman prefers adventure tourism than men because women are more adventurous and willing to do something new nowadays.
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