Vocabulary: types of holidays

Adventure tourism

is a grassroots effort to support independent bookstores by promoting them as a travel des­tination.

Agritourism

sustainable tourism which has minimal impact on the environment, such as safaris (Kenya) and Rainforests (Belize), or national parks.

Armchair tourism or virtual tourism

includes urban tourism, visit­ing historical or interesting cities, such as Lon­don, Paris, Prague, Rome, Cairo, Beijing, Ky­oto, and experiencing their cultural heritages. May also consist of specialized cultural expe­riences, such as art museum tourism where one visits many art museums during the tour, or op­era tourism where one sees many operas or concerts during the tour.

Bookstore Tourism

travelling to such places as Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Macau or Monte Carlo for the purpose of gambling at the casinos there.

Cultural tourism

farm based tourism, helping to support the lo­cal agricultural economy.

Disaster tourism

involves travelling to an education institution, a wooded retreat or some other destination in order to take personal-interest classes, includ­ing cooking classes with a famous chef or crafts classes.

Ecotourism

not travelling physically, but exploring the world through internet, books, TV, etc.

Educational tourism

travelling to a disaster scene not primarily for helping, but because one finds it interesting to see. It can be a problem if it hinders rescue, relief and repair work.

Gambling tourism

tourism involving travel in rugged regions, or adventurous sports such as mountaineering and hiking (tramping).

Heritage tourism

travelling alone or with groups to participate in hobby interests, to meet others with similar interests, or to experience something pertinent to the hobby, e.g. garden tours or square dance cruises.

Health tourism

spending your time participating in some sport activities such as skiing, golf and scuba diving or travelling to watch a sport competition or vacationing at the winter home of one's favor­ite baseball team, and seeing them play every­day.

Hobby tourism

wealthy individuals always on vacation, some of them, for tax purposes, to avoid being resi­dent in any country.

Inclusive tourism

travelling only to few countries in the region, using one of the countries as the transit point. The country of transit point is usually a coun­try with good transport infrastructure, e.g. Sin­gapore is the base for tourism for South East Asia due to its strategic location and good transport infrastructure.

Medical tourism

usually to escape from cities or relieve stress, perhaps for some 'fun in the sun', etc., often to "health spas".

Perpetual tourism

tourism marketed to those with functional lim­its or disabilities. Referred to as "Tourism for All" in some regions. Destinations often em­ploy Universal Design and Universal Destina­tion Development principles.

Regional tourism

visiting historical or industrial sites, such as old canals, railways, battlegrounds, etc.

Sport tourism

travelling to get medical treatment either that is illegal in one's own country, e.g. abortion, euthanasia, or for advanced care that is not available in one's own country or in the case that there are long waiting lists in one's own country or for use of free or cheap health care organizations.