1. Adventure / Recreation & Eco-Tourism Tourism 11

2. All About Adventure Tourism … Alt Link

3. Adventure Tourism  Year round activities  Two types-“soft” vs. “hard”  Some are high energy, high-risk, high-reward  Others are low key, low stress, but still rewarding

4. “Soft” adventure is the term used to describe the type of adventure tourism that requires little or no experience and is low risk Examples:  Cycling tours Cycling  Going to see the Northern LightsNorthern Lights  Recreation (skiing, sailing, etc.)  Nature activities (bird watching)  Hiking the west coast trail Hiking the west coast trail

5. “Hard” Adventure tourism requires greater levels of skill and incorporates more significant risk Examples  White Water/river/ tidal bore raftingtidal bore  Mountain Biking through the Rockies Mountain Biking through the Rockies  Mountain Climbing Mountain Climbing  Trekking in Nepal Trekking in Nepal

6. Ecotourism  “Tourism that focuses on nature-related experiences that help people appreciate and understand our natural resources and their conservation.” - Canadian Environmental Advisory Council. What is it? Click here to find out morehere

7. Ecotourism  “Purposeful travel to natural areas to understand the culture and natural history of the environment, taking care not to alter the integrity of the eco-system, while producing economic opportunities that make the conservation of natural resources beneficial to travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.” (TIES, 2006).

8. TrendsTrends in Adventure/Ecotourism  Geocaching Geocaching  Spa  Water based tours  Golf  Cooking Vacations Cooking Vacations  Food and Wine Tours Food Wine  Glamping Glamping  Ecolodges Ecolodges  Poverty Tourism Poverty Tourism  Disaster Tourism Disaster Tourism  Medical tourism-dental & surgerytourism-dentalsurgery

9. Assignment  Now that you are familiar with Attractions and Recreation, choose any destination in the world and prepare a report on what visitors would be interested in.  Your report must include4 activities / attractions  All 4 activities / attractions must be within a reasonable travelling distance for the traveler to reach all in an average travelling opportunity.  You must provide a picture and a description of each activity / attraction.  Each description should clearly indicate the motivations, needs, and expectations of travelers who would be interested in these types of activities / attractions.