10 Essential Tips For Travellers Seeking Outdoor Adventures Outdoor Adventure Travel: The Top 10 Essential Tips No matter the season in your part of the world, exploring the great outdoors can be an exhilarating and life changing experience. But while she is beautiful, Mother Nature is as fierce as anything you could possibly imagine. And with the holiday season just around the corner, you are probably thinking that now is the perfect time to become one with nature. You might be a weekend warrior who enjoys the outdoors in small doses or you might be an extreme explorer who can lose themselves in the wilderness for weeks at a time. Whichever one it is, spending time soaking up the sun, breathing in fresh air and sleeping under the stars comes …show more content…
Although it is specific to travelling around the UK, the best article I’ve found about the TYPE of holiday destination research you should do is one on Hot tub Hideaways. The tips listed here mention things like: • Your budget, • the local climate, • cultural differences, • getting around, • preferred activities, • safety, and others Obviously you’re going to be using the internet to find out about your destination but according to an article on Global Goose the best WAYS to find out about a destination include: • visiting travel blogs, • searching sites like TripAdvisor, • browsing various social media platforms, • watching documentaries, • reading travel magazines and • talking to people you know. Bonus tips: International SOS (ISOS) offers a country specific research tool that provides a pretty accurate overview of the medical and travel dangers you may encounter while travelling in a country (not in a specific region or town …show more content…
You might think that an overcast sky or the environment protects you, but it doesn’t. So learn to practice the kind of Sun Safety habits suggested by KidsHealth.org. Tip #5: Be aware of the wildlife Us humans may believe that we are at the top of the food chain, but the truth is that if we are not properly prepared we are at the mercy of EVERYTHING in the animal kingdom! From the tiniest little bug to the largest animal, when you’re travelling outdoors they are all a risk that need to be avoided! So even if the whole purpose of your trip is to observe various wild animals in their natural habitat, make sure that you are doing so safely. It is also a good idea to create a handbook of dangerous critters (poisonous snakes, bears, insects, predatory animals, etc) you need to be aware of, how to deter them, and a basic guide to treating any bites or wounds. Tip #6: Watch the
Beard, C., Swarbrooke, J., Leckie, S., & Pomfret, G. (2003). Adventure Tourism: The New Frontier. Routledge.
... hikers to experience the wilderness the way it was initially intended. With unpredictable weather, wildlife, etc. Where hikers are granted the freedom to make their own decisions. As much as the tangible dangers hinder the journey one may face during the trail--the desire, attitude and the love for hiking are perhaps what keeps them yearning for the next level.
Adventure is a great source for a person to appreciate life, even though some people might not like to go on an adventure as much, but it could really help to seize some peace. Adventure comes in numerous categories, but you have to choose which one might be the right one for you. It is a combination of an exciting bold, and risky activity full of potential and dare which can give you a rare experience. It can change the way you live your life. There is always fear about what lies ahead on an adventure, like you are going sky diving, you don’t know if that parachutes will work or not
In my 20s, I equated fun with danger. Are the perils of embarking on a 3,100-mile journey part of the fun?
He who does travel, does not know the value of men. Traveling is one of the most important things someone can achieve. If someone never travels they’ll never know the full extent of human accomplishments because they won't be there to admire the food, buildings, nature,animals, climate, people, and just everyday life in other cultures.
"Health and Human Performance." What Is Adventure Education? Department of Health and Human Performance. Web. 04 Apr. 2012. .
There are many interesting trends occurring in the global travel industry today, and one of the most notable is the growing impact of affluent travelers from “emerging” market countries on travel spending and investment. According to Trekksoft.com, tourists in 2016 will be looking for opportunities to explore lesser-known destinations, especially those that are untouched or unique. It’s going to be a huge year for adventure travel, with many people wanting
There are many skills and concepts that are cohesive with Adventure education. They vary from improvement of physical fitness of students through unique outdoor sports all the way to creati...
The meaning of anything and everything in this world is up to debate because of the differences between cultures, regions, and types of people cohabitating this planet. None of them have a solid “correct” form to live a healthy life, but with combined knowledge from many walks of life, it is possible to attain the powerful knowledge to enjoy that elusive healthy life. Travel is not typically a consideration within the health spectrum of a human being, but it has much more to deal with human well-being than many doctors will let on. Seeing the world will not drop ten pounds in two weeks, but what it will do, is broaden people’s perspectives on this world. It opens the mind into seeing how other people live, how the world functions, and viewing the raw natural beauty of undisturbed nature. Humans are of this earth and will return to it one day: it is important to understand where we come from and will eventually go, to maintain a healthy mentality. Now this may sound like the healthiest way to live life is to drop all worldly possessions and become a hippie traveling in a 1974 VW van, meeting all types of people; and that may be, it also may not be. Living healthy is like one of those college classes in which the only correct answer is to question; there is no definitive answer to be healthy, it is what best fits you. Traveling broadens horizons to open the possibilities of changing unhealthy lifestyles of under-traveled persons, allowing them to attain one of the thousands of possible healthy lives able to be
For the introduction, brief information regarding my purchase and the travel and tourism industry is presented. It was then followed by the explanation of the 2 chosen theories from two different chapters.
Adventure tourism, as its name implies, is going to places for thrills and surprises. The typical choices are trekking to natural wonders and visiting extreme sports venues. However, now is the time to think out of the box and try some options which are chosen only by a brave few.
“To travel is to take a journey into yourself.”- Danny Kaye. For many, living in the same hometown all throughout childhood to adulthood can hold back new ideas of perspectives or growth in life. One cannot be culturally influenced of the outside world by living at home. Being trapped in one location can limit the mind from becoming wiser and opened by surroundings. Thankfully, planes, cars, trains, busses, and boats exist to transport to fresh locations close or afar. Traveling to new settings and atmospheres include different cultures and customs that could be different from the boring hometown. Exploring the world can gain new knowledge about life and different values others admire. For example, living in America, money is a pretty high
Adventure Tourism is a part of the tourism industry. It is a kind of leisure activity for a specific group of customers with clarified expectations.
There is not really a universally accepted definition of tourism. In 1994 the World Tourism Organization (WTO) revised its definition. It says the tourism comprises of 'the activities of persons travelli...
Most of us are aware that spending time in nature is good for us. Not so many, however, can say exactly why this is the case. Although understanding the exact reasons why the natural world can positively influence your general well-being isn’t going to increase the benefit, it might just inspire you to get out there and spend more time in our planet’s very own, natural quality-of-life-enhancer - nature itself. Below, we’ve listed five of these reasons in hope of doing just that…