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Special forms of tourism
For the past few decades other forms of tourism have been becoming more popular,
particularly:
• Adventure tourism: Tourism involving travel in rugged regions, or adventurous sports
such as mountaineering and tramping.
• Agritourism: Farm based tourism, helping to support the local agricultural economy.
• Ecotourism: Sustainable tourism which has minimal impact on the environment, such
as safaris (Kenya) and Rainforests (Belize), or national parks.
• Cultural tourism: Usually urban tourism, visiting historical or interesting cities, such
as London, Paris, Prague, Rome, Cairo, Beijing, Kyoto, etc.
• Heritage tourism: Visiting historical or industrial sites, such as old canals, railways,
battlegrounds, etc.
• Health tourism: Usually to escape from cities or relieve stress, perhaps for some 'fun
in the sun', etc. Often to "health spas".
• Sport tourism: Particularly s kiing.
• Sex tourism: mostly men from First World countries visiting Third World countries
for purpose of engaging in sexual acts, usually with inexpensive local prostitutes. This form
of tourism is often cited the principal way that paedophiles can hire child prostitutes.
• Perpetual tourism: Wealthy individuals always on holiday, some of them, for tax
purposes, to avoid being resident in any country.
• Drug tourism (for use in that country, or, legally often extremely risky, for taking
home)
• Gambling tourism, e.g. to Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Macau or Monte Carlo for the
purpose of visiting the casinos there.
• Disaster 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.
• Medical tourism, e.g.: for what is illegal in one's own country, e.g. abortion.
• Armchair tourism and virtual tourism: not travelling physically, but exploring the
world through internet, books, TV, etc.
• Space tourism
• Regional tourism Tourism bundle of few country in the region, using one of the
country as the transit point. The country of transit point is usually a country with good

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