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Adventure Tourism
From WikiEducator
- 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.
Learning Objectives
1. Be able to safely guide visitors through an adventure tourism activity that is no longer than one day
2. Design and deliver an appropriate interpretation plan for the tour
3. Have experienced a range of adventure tourism activities on offer to tourists in New Zealand
Course Schedule
Following is a list of topics we will work through in this course. Each topic has a general introduction, followed by a list of activities to work through, and finally a list of links and resources you might use to work through the activities.
Otago Polytechnic's course weblog will pace you through these topics and put you in touch with teachers, other students and a range of other media and information. Use this schedule as a way to look ahead and prepare in the course.
Orientation and introductions
- Our first topic is to get to know the course, and the people involved in it. If you get lost later in the course, come back to this topic and use the activities to re orientate yourself to things. If you are still lost of confused, make contact with teachers or other students via the course weblog.
To do
1. Download the course calender and save it in your diaries.
2. Attend the first class meeting 21 July in H516 at Otago Polytechnic
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Guided tour of more than one day
Our aim is to provide you the student with the relevant skills to design and guide visitors through, a safe, environmentally sustainable and enjoyable guided tour of more than one day.
Kia ora and welcome to what we hope will be a challenging and exciting experience for you. The course will take you from the classroom into the real world of adventure tourism (in this case Wanaka) where you will gain the skills to research, develop and deliver an overnight adventure tour experience.
You will also have the opportunity to improve your fitness base and try some outdoor pursuits.
The first requirement for you in this course is to understand the components which make up a tour of longer than a day.
1. Leader or manager - there is a distinction between the two, however many positions/situations within the tourism industry require a person to be both.
Here is an overview of your assessment task. We we can do now is design a model by which you can map your research; your audience, the possible choices of accommodation, dining, activities, ideas for your interpretation, and when and how this will be completed. This model will help you determine what will be in your completed itinerary.
2. Audience Profile
The most important aspect when designing a tour is to consider your audience and their needs and wants. You will be assigned a target audience for your tour and your first job is to establish a profile and a list of possible activities this group might enjoy. In a real live situation prior to a tour, you may have your guests complete a Client Questionnaire. This is a useful way to begin ascertaining a picture of who your guests are and what they want. Enjoy!
Once you have done this put your results on your model.
Guiding Interpretation
Oral storytelling is a highly prized and revereered skill which comes from experience, practice, criteque and a passion for the subject topic. We hope to be able to provide you with the ability to inform, educate and entertain a diverse group of visitors and enjoy the experience.
What is interpretation?
Attractions and Activities
On this course we would like to take you on a journey which shows not only the wonderful tourism attractions and activities available for visitors to New Zealand (in particular the South Island or Te Wai Ponamu) but also lets you experience a variety of them.
1. Visitor attractions are one of the key components of the tourism industry adding to the appeal and often the major reason for visiting the destination.
Identify and utilise information and communication technology for tour guiding
Resources and Activities
