| This earth is full of beautiful places. The beauty of | | | | Pilgrim's Tourism. |
| nature is spread unevenly. The diversity of natural | | | | 2. Medico/Health Tourism - Currently this trend of |
| beauty is easily understandable, for example in India | | | | tourism is being popular. Along with progress in terms |
| there are places with extreme hot climate, | | | | of Science and Technology, developing countries are |
| temperate climate zone, as well as glaciers full of ice | | | | being targeted by people in search of better and |
| surrounding by the areas with several degrees low | | | | cheaper medical and health facilities. This trend is |
| temperature than freezing point. The country has | | | | contributing developing countries like India in getting |
| abundance of beaches, desert, and mountain ranges | | | | foreign currency. |
| ideal for trekking or mountaineering. This kind of | | | | 3. Adventure Tourism - This trend attract |
| natural diversity attracts people (tourists). | | | | adventurous people. Young generation as well as |
| Types of Tourist and Tourism | | | | adventurous adults takes interest in adventure sports |
| Tourists can be classified as two categories: | | | | like trekking, mountaineering, river rafting, and Jungle |
| 1. Global Tourists - Global tourists are those people | | | | Safari's. TV channels like Discovery and National |
| who come from other countries to visit the places of | | | | Geographic contributed a lot in making people eager |
| their interest. It can be for pilgrimage, in search of | | | | to visit such places of interest. |
| adventurous places, learning prospects, official tours, | | | | 4. Creative Tourism - This trend is related with places |
| spending vacation or for health related issues. Global | | | | of cultural, historic or learning interest. Creative |
| tourists are more important because they help in | | | | tourism attracts tourists of all age groups. |
| growth of foreign currency strength. | | | | 5. Leisure Tourism - Leisure tourism is the most |
| 2. Local Tourist - Local tourists are those people who | | | | important and beneficial kind of tourism for every |
| come from other parts of country with similar | | | | country, because this section generates maximum |
| purposes as that of global tourists. | | | | revenue if compared with other trends of tourism. It |
| Tourism can be categorized as: | | | | includes vacation tours, leisure activities, or wedding |
| 1. Pilgrimage - In every country there are some very | | | | and honeymoon trips. |
| famous places of pilgrim's interest of different | | | | 6. Winter Tourism - This is popular in countries with |
| religions. People visit these places from all around the | | | | cold climate. Switzerland, Canada, snow covered |
| world. Places like Mecca and Madeena (in U.A.E), | | | | areas of Alaska, Russia, and Arctic Region attract |
| Bethlehem (in Israel), and Bodhgaya (in India) falls into | | | | tourists. Another reason is increasing popularity of |
| this category. This kind of tourism is known as | | | | Winter Sports. |