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Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveler should expect the unexpected. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing in popularity as tourists seek unusual holidays, different from the typical beach vacation. Mountaineering expeditions, trekking, bungee jumping, rafting and rock climbing are frequently cited as an examples of adventure tourism. Wikipedia 2008

This course will help you to gain relevant experience in the adventure tourism industry that will enable you to design, and guide visitors through a safe, environmentally sustainable and enjoyable adventure tourism activity.

This course is used in the following programme

• Travel and Tourism

This short course forms part of the Diploma in Applied Travel and Tourism and runs over the following period:

• Course schedule

Contents

The following units form the short course:

Safely guide visitors through an adventure tourism activity that is longer than one day

Design and deliver an appropriate interpretation for the tour

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• Activities
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Experience a range of adventure tourism activities on offer to tourists in New Zealand

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