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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: adventure tourism
Recreational travel that may involve hazards, spanning extremely dangerous activities through to thrilling but comparatively safe pursuits. The entry notes a proposed term “active tourism” (combining adventure and culture in nature) but reports that professionals consulted did not recognize it as common wording, and it rejects definitions that restrict adventure tourism only to “soft” activities, listing examples such as rafting, ballooning, trekking, four-wheel driving, helicopter riding, and mountain climbing.
Recreational travel that may involve hazards, spanning extremely dangerous activities through to thrilling but comparatively safe pursuits. The entry notes a proposed term “active tourism” (combining adventure and culture in nature) but reports that professionals consulted did not recognize it as common wording, and it rejects definitions that restrict adventure tourism only to “soft” activities, listing examples such as rafting, ballooning, trekking, four-wheel driving, helicopter riding, and mountain climbing.
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