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Types of turism.

Adventure turism: is increasingly seen , tourists are willing to take risks and have special skills and
training in performing some extreme sports, such as: climbing, diving, bungee, rafting, etc.

Example: 1- Torres del Paine. Chile. 2- San Pedro de Atacama. Chuile. 3- Pucón. Chile. 4-
Kanchenjunga. Himalaya.

Birth turism: this tourism is very recurrent in citizens from more vulnerable countries, so babies
have a stability, social and economic depending on where they are born.

Example: 1-UK. 2- Finland. 3- USA. 4- Canada.

Business Turism: Is defined as tourism in which attends conferences, meetings, seminars,


exhibitions, trade fairs, for short periods of time, not exceeding one year in a destination.

Example: 1- Santiago- Chile. 2-New York-USA. 3-Tokyo. Japan. 4- Hong Kong- China.

Culinary Turism: consists of tasting food endemic to each sector. are visited vineyards, farms, cities
or towns in which they are distinguished by their gastronomy.

Example: 1-Perú. 2- California-USA. 3- Italy. 4-Chile.

Cultural Turism: this focuses on the diversity of traditions, culture, religion, gastronomy that exists
in different regions or countries.

Example: 1- India. 2-Greece. 3- Egypt. 4-China.

Dark Tourism: this tourism is centered in places of great pain, of tragedies that have marked the
history. of countries and / or worldwide.

Example: 1- Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz, Germany. 2- Hiroshima. Japan. 3- Chrnóbil.


Ukraine. 4-Ground Zero. USA.

Disaster Tourism: is tourism dedicated to places where major disasters occurred, is a tourism that
is not very well seen but is sold in the same way.

Example: 1- Hiroshima. Japan. 2- Fukushima. Japan. 3- Constitución. Chile. 4- Volcano Iceland

Doom Tourism: refers to places of interest that are under some kind of environmental or human
threat, this can deteriorate the affected site more quickly.

Example: 1- Disappearing Glaciers. Kilimanjaro. 2-Glaciar O´Higgins. Chile. 3- Galápagos. 4-


Tanzania.

Drug Tourism: consists of going to places where drugs are sold, legitimate or illegitimate, can be
given for different uses.

Example: 1- Uruguay. 2-Amsterdam. 3- Mexico. 4- Australia.

Ecoturism: it is about traveling to places where flora and fauna are the main attractions, this
implies that it is a socially and environmentally responsible trip, including geotourism and
agritourism.
Example: 1- Costa Rica. 2- Norway; Masai Mara. 3- Selva Valdiviana. 4- Norwegian Fjords.

Genealogy Turism: focuses on traveling to countries or cities from where their ancestors come to
know their roots.

Example: 1- Spain. 2- Italy. 3- Germany. 4- Israel.

LGBT Tourism: the well-known gay tourism, within this are lesbians, bisexuals, etc., travel agencies
are making more and more trips to various destinations

Example: 1-USA. 2-Sweden. 3-Uruguay. 4- Brazil.

Medical Tourism: consists of traveling patients to receive medical attention. includes treatments,
surgeries, alternative healing methods, euthanasia is also included.

Example: 1-Australia. 2-Cuba. 3- Turkey. 4- New Zeland.

Nautical Tourism: is focused on holiday activities with navigation, mostly seen in Europe, fishing is
done, Snorkel. among others.

Example: 1- USA. 2- Italy 3- Australia. 4. France.

Religious Tourism: the people travel in groups normally, to peregrinate, in sacred places, temples,
churches, mosques, they look for the connection with God.

Example: 1- Israel. 2-India. 3-Jerusalem. 4- Roma.

Sex Turism: dedicated travels around sex, travel to countries, cities or cruises where several sexual
practices are allowed including postitution, sometimes there are problems since child prostitution
is clearly seen.

Example: 1- Republic Dominican. 2- Cuba. 3- Jamaica. 4- Thailand.

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