Types of Tourist Destinations

SCENIC BEAUTY
1. attracts tourist with their awe-inspiring scenery & provide opportunities for mountaineering,hiking,cycling and hiking
  1. EGS:Rocky Mountains in North America and the Himalayas in South Asia
2. Honeypot tourism
  1. refers to tourism that attracts large numbers of people due to a sites scenic beauty
    1. EG:Grand Canyon, a national park in USA
FACILITIES
1. 1.Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Events (MICE)
  1. can host large-scale events such as meetings & conventions.Supporting infrastructure & services such as hotels and retail shops
    1. Attracts trade fairs and international conferences organisers -> brings in more business travellers
  2. successful-> cities located along international air routes & has attractions such as coastal resorts, entertainment and shopping
  3. Singapore->major aviation hub,the availability of reliable telecommunication networks & a variety of shopping & entertainment
    1. EG: MARINA BAY SANDS EXPO & CONVENTION CENTRE
2. 2.Educational
  1. when people travel to a place for educational purposes or to learn something about the space such as its language or heritage
    1. study tours= Cambodia or Egypt such as Angkor Wat
3. 3.Medical & spa
  1. ppl travelling internationally for medical or health reasons
    1. tourists may want to avoid long waiting periods or high costs in their home -> They may want to seek better quality medical procedures that are not avail. in their country
  2. Medical tourism
    1. ppl travel to a destination to undergo medical procedures that would enhance or restore health-> South Korea for cosmetic surgery-> skilled docs & advanced tech.
  3. Health tourisn
    1. Ppl travel to a destination to maintain,enhance or restore their minds & bodies. -> Dead Sea between Jordan & Israel-> known for high salt content and believed to be beneficial for skin conditions
4. 4.Theme parks
  1. places with amusement park settings -> cater to young & old ->Walt Disney company-> Florida & California, USA
RICH CULTURE
1. 1.Heritage tourism
  1. ppl travel to locations to experinece different cultures and to understand the history of places better
    1. helps reinforce national identities for domestic tourists & help promotes a countrys identity, culture & history
      1. London,UK & Machu Picchu, Peru
2. 2.Film-induced toruism
  1. ppl travel to see locations featured in films.
    1. Films can influence the destination choices. Ppl may want to travel to places which have not been featured in films which they may not have considered-> Tourists can understand how certain scenes of film were filmed
      1. tourists visit a site in featured in films-> they can understand how these places inspired part of the films
  2. EG: various locations in New York/ The Lord of the Rings. & Slums of Mumbai,India/Slumdog Millionaire
3. 3.Gourmet food & shopping tourism
  1. enjoy certain cuisines-> Hong Kong / Shopping -> London,UK
4. 4. Pilgrimage Tourism
  1. people travel to take part in a religious activity to a sacred place
    1. EG:Mecca,Saudi Arabia for Islam and Vatican City for the catholic christians
CONFLICT
1. Dark tourism
  1. invl. travelling to sites associated with death & tragedy. Ppl who take part in dark tourism usually incl. survivors, relatives and frens of those affected & those interested about the event
    1. incl. battlefields, fortifications,museums and memorials -> Natural disaster, Ruins of Pompeii,Italy & Terrorist attack, Ground Zero,New York, USA
SPACE TOURISM
1. ppl travel beyond the earths atmosphere into space-> Russian Space Agency organises trips to International Space Tourism

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