sábado, 16 de marzo de 2013

Where search for an adventure trip? We tell you!



Today is the last day that we’re going to expose some news about Adventure Tourism and we can’t finish without giving you some of the most important web pages to contract an adventure trip.

This post is in relation to the last ones where we were exposing some adventure activities and some countries to go and enjoy an adventure trip. Then, where you can contract or ask information for an adventure trip? We let you know!








 







 















These pages will offer you the possibility of see what products they offer and these have a big variety: safaris, expedition cruising, cultural encounters, trekking, hiking, polar voyages, cycling... But there’s also the possibility to select the duration that you want and which type of holiday you prefer (from more passive to more active). 



From Africa to Europe, from mix-holidays (with multi activities) to walking and trekking...
 
There are a lot of possibilities and you decide what you want to do. Take a look on these pages and enjoy and plan where your next holidays will be and what activities you prefer to enjoy.
These types of trips can change your life and your life’s style. It’s time to adventure; it’s time to another type of tourism!

In this way you can see what to do if you want to be specialized in this market. Seeing what this brands are doing and what they are offering in their sites makes you the possibility of study this market and see which places are the most important to focus this type of tourism.

Do you know...?

That exists the possibility of study a master of Adventure Tourism Management that will allow you the chance of work in this specific sector and design what you offer to the consumers or work with the suppliers that create it.

martes, 12 de marzo de 2013

NZ ranked 2nd in Adventure Tourism Development




In a few days this blog will be finished as a piece of work in a subject of our degree. Then, these days we're trying to let you know some destinations and activities that are interesting to visit for do some adventure tourism and moreover to visit. Today is the turn to New Zealand, but... 

Do you believe that New Zealand is a good destiny to practice sports tourism?

 
Well, Adventure Tourism Development Index (ATDI) has ranked New Zealand the second most sustainable market in Adventure Tourism. The experts explain that New Zealand has the perfect conditions to be a touristic place and so one of the best options to realize and enjoy of the adventure tourism. 

They use this to promote New Zealand with the slogan: New Zealand 100% Natural. New Zealand is renowned for its range of adventure activities, including bungee jumping, jet boat riding, rafting and skiing.

But adventure means different things to different people, and the best aspect of the New Zealand adventure scene is that it provides activities rated from 'soft' to 'extreme' - from hiking and waterskiing, to mountain climbing and caving. Really, the tourism companies want that the consumer can enjoy of the all beautiful aspects of the country. 

New Zealand's adventure tourism industry makes the most of a landscape surrounded by sea, criss-crossed by rivers and lakes, covered in native bush and with a central spine of spectacular snow-capped mountains. There's something for everyone who enjoys the outdoor lifestyle and the special sense of freedom.

What are you waiting? Also you can experiment these sense in the country insular of Oceania.


jueves, 7 de marzo de 2013

Doing something new: night surfing



Have you ever think about do an activity during the night? Today we'll explain you a new way to do adventure tourism.

It's seems to be everything discovered already in the XXI century, specially sports, but this is what we believed because there's a new modality of sport, night surfing.



You can think that is the same thing whether it's daylight or nightlight but among others things doing it without any light is way more difficult and at the same time, more exciting. Already some places such as Bakio in the Basque Country illuminates the beach with artificial lights powerful enough to see where it's going.

This activity is thought for experienced surfer because a beginner cannot submit to such a challenge. Surfing only with the moonlight can be confusing and dangerous, but it could be also a great experience to enjoy and to tell friends and family.



Then, do you want to do it? Do you think that this activity could be exciting for you? Have you done something like this at night?

We think that not much people have practised it, but we propose you to this someday, it could be amazing!

Tell us what you think about this proposal and explain something like this that you have done.

What's your opinion about this type of business? We think that probably it's a way to make a differentation in front the big market of adventure activities. But doing it at night entails that the risk increase and for fight this risk the fundamental is to increase costs trying to decrease the risk (costs in equipment f.ex.). 

So, the risk or the money? Which will want these companies? An increase in the costs causes an increase in the price of practice night surfing.

Then, when you want to create a business you need to something that competitors don't do and that causes an increase on the benefits for your company. But the bargain power of suppliers or customers can make your decision incorrect.

Make you sure that your business takes the right strategy and that the risks that this suppose makes an increase in your budget and your benefits.

sábado, 2 de marzo de 2013

Top ten adventure travel destinations you didn’t know about (Part II)



Good night people! We’re here again.

As we said, this publication is the second part of the last one. So, we continue with the last five adventure travel destinations you didn’t know about.

6. Czech Republic:  you can found highlights like skiing in downhill and cross-country and nature reserves overall. In this country we’ll focus on the rural development program by the government which supports tourism in non-urban areas to help poorer citizens.

7. Estonia: stand out the Bog Nature Trail in Soomaa National Park. There’s also the possibility of take an easy ferry which ride from Finland to there. This country it’s ideal for an adventure tourism or a tourism based in nature because the 50% of Estonia is forested, with nature-filled hiking trails, marshes, lakes and rivers in some national parks, and also free state-run campsites. Moreover, this country counts with secluded beaches, limestone cliffs and around 1.500 islands to visit.


8. Chile: abundant natural resources and a big variety of landscapes from the Atacama Desert to famous fjords, mountains and lakes of Patagonia. 






9. Slovakia: the Slovakia’s tourism is based in a slogan: Little Big Country. This is referred mainly to the Carpathian Mountains which is at the north of the country.





10. Israel: nowadays adventure travelers are also doing the pilgrimage, a way of combine this pilgrimage with tourism. Outdoor activities contain hiking at Masada and the Galilee, floating on the salt water of Dead Sea and water sports on Mediterranean beaches of Tel Aviv, where exists also adventure tourism at night.

As you can see, principally in these sites exists an adventure travel which consists in do some hiking or cross the country by bike, but there’s also others activities that you can enjoy if you want.

We hope that thanks to these two posts you can choose a future country to visit and do some adventure tourism where you’ll enjoy spectacular views and sites.

Also this information it's for instance interesting for these companies that want to expand their business to other countries but in fact they don't know where. As you can know, safaris at Africa or do scuba diving in some tropical countries are "traditional" adventure destinations where the majority of the companies of this market are focused on. But as we said, these destinations are some that probably you can't expect that there you can do some adventure tourism and it interests to customers but also to companies.