extreme tourism
1Extreme tourism — or shock tourism is a type of niche tourism involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, etc.) or participation in dangerous events. Extreme tourism overlaps with extreme sport. The two share the main attraction,… …
2extreme tourism — n. Tourism that involves travelling to dangerous places or participating in dangerous events. extreme tourist n. Example Citation: Neither the tourists nor the wider public should pretend that these operations can be rendered entirely safe. The… …
3Tourism — Tourist redirects here. For other uses, see Tourist (disambiguation). Summer Visitors by Maurice Prendergast (1897) Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defi …
4Extreme sport — This article is about various Extreme Sports. For the TV channel, see Extreme Sports Channel. Wave jumping wipeout. While attempting a forward loop in overpowered storm conditions off the coast of Cantabria, Spain, windsurfer Justin Wheeler gets… …
5extreme ironing — n. A pastime in which participants iron a few items of laundry while engaged in an extreme sport or some other dangerous activity. Example Citations: You read right: extreme ironing part sport, part spectacle. Press garments while kayaking, rock… …
6extreme gardening — n. Gardening that takes places in hostile or difficult conditions. Example Citation: Gardening has long enjoyed the reputation as the most leisurely of leisure activities, a gentle hobby that produces beauty, serenity and compost. And so it may… …
7extreme life — (ik.STREEM lyf) n. Life that exists in an extreme environment. Example Citation: Scientists plumbing the bubbling, black depths of a geothermal hot spring in Idaho have discovered a unique community of microbes that thrive without sunlight or… …
8Tourism in Peru — began developing in the 1990s with the stabilization of the economy and the build up of tourist infrastructure. Nowadays tourism makes up the nation s third largest industry behind fishing and mining. [… …
9Tourism in Georgia (country) — Tourism in Georgia, a country in the Caucasus with an ancient history, is actively encouraged by the government of Georgia through its Department of Tourism and Resorts of Georgia. [http://tourism.gov.ge/ tourism.gov.ge] ] The culture of Georgia… …
10Tourism in Namibia — is a major industry. Annually, nearly one million travelers visit Namibia, with roughly one in three coming from South Africa, then Germany and finally the United Kingdom, Italy and France. The country is known for ecotourism which features… …
