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Tourist destinations
- scenic beauty
- eg. Kenya
- Honeypot tourism
- eg. Grand Canyon
- def: tourism that
attracts large
numbers of people
due to a site's scenic
beauty
- good facilities
- Theme parks
- cater to a
variety of
people
- Medical and
spa
- medical tourism def:
when people travel to
a destination to
undergo medical
procedures that would
enhance or restore
health
- health tourism def:
when people travel to a
destination to maintain,
enhance or restore their
minds or bodies
- Education
- def: when people
travel to a place for
educational purposes
or to learn something
about the place
- MICE
- Incentives
- Conventions
- Meetings
- Events
- rich culture
- Heritage
- eg. World Heritage Sites
- def: when people travel
to locations to experience
different cultures and to
understand the history of
places better
- Film-induced
- eg. Zhangjiajie
National Forest
Park, China (Avatar)
- def: when people
travel to see
locations featured
in films
- Pilgrimage
- def: when people travel to
take part in a religious activity,
usually involving a journey to a
sacred place that is important
to a person's faith.
- eg. Mecca,
Saudi Arabia
(Hajj)
- Gourmet
food,
shopping
- def: when tourists organise
their trips to enjoy certain
cuisines or to shop
- eg. Hong Kong (food),
London (shopping)
- (places of)
conflicts
- refers to areas
where wars, battles
and tragedies have
occurred
- Dark tourism
- involves travelling to
sites associated with
death and tragedy
- eg. Ruins of Pompeii,
Italy (volcanic eruption)
- space tourism
- def: when people travel
beyond the Earth's
atmosphere into space
- exclusive;
very costly
- in future, suborbital
flights lasting less
than a day could
become popular
- eg. Virgin Galactic