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Adventure travel is a type of tourism, involving exploration or travel with perceived (and possibly actual) risk, and potentially requiring specialized skills and physical exertion. Adventure tourism has grown in recent decades, as tourists seek different kinds of vacations, but measurement of market size and growth is hampered by the lack of a clear operational definition. According to the U.S. based Adventure Travel Trade Association, adventure travel may be any tourist activity that includes two of the following three components: a physical activity, a cultural exchange or interaction and engagement with nature.
Adventure tourists may be motivated to achieve mental states characterized as rush or flow, resulting from stepping outside of their comfort zone. This may be from experiencing culture shock or through the performance of acts, that require significant effort and involve some degree of risk (real or perceived) and/or physical danger (See extreme sports). This may include activities such as mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, mountain biking, canoeing, rafting, kayaking, zip-lining, paragliding, sandboarding, caving and rock climbing. Some obscure forms of adventure travel include disaster and ghetto tourism. Other rising forms of adventure travel include social and jungle tourism.
Overseas Adventure Travel (AKA OAT) is a branded operation of Grand Circle Travel, and (as is its parent company) is an arranger of group travels to locations foreign to the United States of America. It specialization relative to GCT is somewhat smaller groups and a higher level of physical activity, but within the capability of a healthy, fit and active older adult. A somewhat lower level of luxuriousness in accommodations (relative to GCT's tours) is employed to increase the value/cost ratio for clients. An ability to walk at a moderate pace for at least two miles (3.2 km) is recommended as a minimum level of fitness and some trails may include irregular and rough terrain requiring balance and care and some stairs.
While OAT caters specifically to Americans aged 50 or above, the minimum age requirement is 13 years old. However, passengers of this age are not commonplace.
The theme of tours is "Learning and Discovery". Tours will typically include at least one tour-paid "in home" meal provided by a local resident and a visit to a local grade school, such schools receiving some financial support from a foundation controlled by GCT and soliciting donations from visitors.
Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.
The origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history. The term "travel" may originate from the Old French word travail. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English travailen, travelen (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French travailler (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words travail and travails, which mean struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book The Best Travelers' Tales (2004), the words travel and travail both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the tripalium (in Latin it means "three stakes", as in to impale). This link reflects the extreme difficulty of travel in ancient times. Also note the torturous connotation of the word "travailler." Today, travel may or may not be much easier depending upon the destination you choose (i.e., Mt. Everest, the Amazon rainforest), how you plan to get there (tour bus, cruise ship, or oxcart), and whether or not you decide to "rough it (see extreme tourism and adventure travel). "There's a big difference between simply being a tourist and being a true world traveler," notes travel writer Michael Kasum. This is, however, a contested distinction as academic work on the cultures and sociology of travel has noted.
An adventure is an exciting or unusual experience. It may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. Adventures may be activities with some potential for physical danger such as exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, river rafting or participating in extreme sports. The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture, a love affair, or other major life undertakings .
Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can be detrimental as stated by the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his La Condition Humaine (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?". Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
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http://www.adventuretravelshop.co.uk/ Click on this link to find amazing overseas adventure travel opportunities. We are The Adventure Travel Advocates. It is our job to tell people in as many ways that we can all about the benefits of overseas adventure travel, or adventure travel in your own neck of the woods. Overseas adventure travel is all about getting away from the tourists and the tourists traps. Is about going to beautiful places that are way off the beaten track. Overseas adventure travel is about meeting amazing people to from all over the world, who are on an overseas adventure travel experience too. There are many holiday resorts that have, sadly, exploited our beautiful and very fragile planet. Rather than look after beautiful places they have ruined them. But there has...
In and around Delhi
Magnificent cathedrals, churches, museums, heritage sites and other points of interest in Malta, including Mdina and Gozo have been captured in this video.
http://www.adventuretravelshop.co.uk/ Click on this link to find amazing overseas adventure travel opportunities. We are The Adventure Travel Advocates. It is our job to tell people in as many ways that we can all about the benefits of overseas adventure travel, or adventure travel in your own neck of the woods. Overseas adventure travel is all about getting away from the tourists and the tourists traps. Is about going to beautiful places that are way off the beaten track. Overseas adventure travel is about meeting amazing people to from all over the world, who are on an overseas adventure travel experience too. There are many holiday resorts that have, sadly, exploited our beautiful and very fragile planet. Rather than look after beautiful places they have ruined them. But there has...
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