A new type of tourism: Activity-based tourism, the examples of dark tourism and sport tourism

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

8 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/15/2009

Category :

Arts & media

Sub category :

Journalism

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Summary :

Executive summary.
Introduction.
Travel: More activity based than destination based.
1. Change in values and demand.
2. The rise of a new tourist.
3. The appereance of new tourism products.
4. A new model of consumer motivation for travel.
Sport tourism.
1. Definition.
2. History.
3. Actual context.
4. Implication and limitations of sport tourism.
Dark tourism.
1. Definition.
2. History.
3. Actual context.
4. Implication and limitations of dark tourism.
Conclusion and recommandations.
References.

Abstract

During the last decades, we have witnessed the existence of a tourism consumption model were consumers massively colonized all destinations worldwide indifferent to quality, environment and local cultures. However, for a few years, we have noticed the appearance of new trends in consumer behavior: need for real and authentic, fading fashion for sun, seek for new experiences, personal fulfillment. Tourists have shown new motivations for travel; they want to purchase different tourism services based on specific activities more than destinations. The tourism industry had to cope with these expectations and had created new segments such as ecotourism, space tourism, fashion tourism, etc. To illustrate the fact that travel has become more activity-based than destination based, I have decided to analyze two of these rising tourism segments.