Paper VIII : Archaeology And historical tourism

Module 4 : New trends In heritage Tourism

b) Adventure Tourism

Nirali Patel
• Tourism by - The League of Nations (1937) - “A tourist is the
individual that spends a period of time of at least 24 h in a country
different from that of residence”.
• Definition of Tourism by - The League of Nations (1937)
“A tourist is the individual that spends a period of time of
at least 24 h in a country different from that of residence”.
 Evolution of Travel and
Tourism

• Paleolithic age.

• Ancient days.

• Medieval

• Age of discovery.
 Ancient India

• Early days – Pilgrim travel was given importance.

• Ashoka patronised Buddhist religion. To spread

Buddhism he had sent his son Mahendra and daughter
Sangamitra to Ceylon.

• Harsha built monasteries and Dharmashalas. Records for

this are mentioned by Hieun Tsang in his travel accounts.

• Centers of learning – Nalanda and Taxila.

• Greek accounts.

• Arthshastra.
 Medieval India

• Sher Shah Suri and The Grand Trunk Road

• Sarais

• Dagh System

• Travelling for pleasure

• Age of Discovery : Sea route to India

 Tourism

• Past individual experience as a tourist.

• Curiosity.
• Excursions

• Leisure Activities

• Recreational Activities
• Business tourism or MICE
 Tourist

Leisure tourist Business Tourist

 Common Terms

• Visitor

• Excurtionist

• Tourist

• Traveller
 Forms of Tourism

• Domestic Tourism

• International Tourism. Divided into two types – inbound and

outbound
Political Science Anthropology Psychology

Tourism Studies

Sociology Public health Engineering

• By enabling the traveller to leave their comfort zone, adventure
tourism greatly increases the thrill.

• Adventure travellers anticipate varying degrees of risk, excitement,

calmness, and personal challenge. They particularly visit remote,
exotic areas of the earth and look for personal challenges.
Adventure tourism is categorized into two categories:

• Hard Adventure

• Soft Adventure
Characteristics and features of adventure tourism
are as the following:

• Physical Activity, like involving physical exertion or psychomotor skills.

• Interralate with environment.

• Contact with different cultures.

• Journeys for example vehicle, animal, or human power.

• Uncertain outcomes, danger and risk.

• Challenges.

• Contrasting emotions.
 best adventure destinations in India

• Uttarakhand

• Leh Ladakh

• Spiti Valley

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands

• Goa

• Rajasthan
Every state in India has their own Tourism departments.
Thank you