1. 1. Types of Tourism
How does the nature of tourism vary
from place to place?
2. By the end of this lesson
You should be able to:
1. Define tourism and tourist
2. Describe and give examples
of different types of tourism
3. Tourism
• Tourism refers to the temporary movement
of people primarily for leisure and
recreational purposes
• It is characterised by the interaction(s)
between tourists and tourism destinations
4. Tourist
• A tourist is defined as a person who travels
and stays away from his/her normal place
of residence for more than 24 hours but
less than a year, regardless of travel
purpose
5. Tourism Types
• Tourism is place-specific, tourists travel to
a specific physical location
• Different
spaces/environments
(both
physical
and
human)
in
tourism
destinations create diverse tourism
activities
• There are therefore the presence of
different tourism types
6. Activity
1. Categorize the same type of
tourisms
2. Locate the tourism name
3. Justify your choices with reasons
4. Describe your type of tourism
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7. Honeypot Tourism
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
• Tourism honeypots refers to particularly
popular visitor attractions which attract
tourists in large numbers
8. MICE
• Requisite: Destinations which provide
good amenities for meetings, incentives,
conferences and exhibitions
Melbourne Convention Hall, Australia
Yeosu Expo, S. Korea
9. Medical/ Health Tourism
• Requisites: Places with good medical
facilities or health facilities such as spas
and hot springs
• Rise in medical tourism, especially in
cosmetic procedures (S. Korea estimates
300 thousand medical tourists by 2015)
10. Film-induced Tourism
• Tourism to destinations featured on
television, video, or cinema screen
• Requisites: Physical or human landscape
which appears on television, video, or
cinema screen (More prominent in
popular/cult movies)
11. Heritage Tourism
Travelling to experience the authentic
culture and history offered by a
particular place and/or activity
Kayan Culture, Burma
The Ghats in Varanasi, India
12. Religious Tourism
•
•
Travelling for religious purposes (e.g.
pilgrimage,
missions,
religious
gatherings)
Requisite: Places with religious/holy
sites
The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Israel
13. Dark Tourism
Requisite: Places with history of conflicts or
history of mass deaths/ places which uses
death as a theme of attraction
Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Italy- Over 8000 bodies
hung on the walls like paintings!
14. New Types of Tourism
• There are new types of tourism which are
constantly evolving or becoming more
popular
• E.g. Adventure tourism /sustainable/space
Bungee Jumping, Queenstown, New Zealand
15. Learning Points
• Tourism is place-specific
• Different environments (both physical and
human) in tourism destinations create
diverse opportunities for tourist activities
• Presence of requisites for each type of
tourism
