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[[Image:expedition shop.jpg|thumb|right|260px|An outdoor travel and adventure outfitter in [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada]]
[[Image:Tour to the Quebrada de las Conchas.jpg|thumb|260px|right|[[Trekking]] in Quebrada de las Conchas, [[Cafayate]], [[Salta Province]], [[Argentina]]]]

'''Adventure travel''' is a type of [[tourism]], involving [[exploration]] or [[travel]] with a certain degree of risk (real or perceived), and which may require special skills and physical exertion. In the United States, adventure tourism has seen growth in late 20th and early 21st century as tourists seek out-of-the-ordinary or "roads less traveled" vacations, but lack of a clear [[Operationalization|operational definition]] has hampered measurement of market size and growth. According to the U.S.-based Adventure Travel Trade Association, adventure travel may be any tourist activity that includes physical activity, a [[culture|cultural]] exchange, and connection with outdoor activities and [[nature]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.adventuretravel.biz/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Value-Statement-Consumer-English.pdf|title = ATTA Values Statement|date = February 2013|access-date = 27 July 2015|website = adventuretravel.biz|publisher = Adventure Travel Trade Association|format = PDF|page = 2}}</ref>

Adventure tourists may have the motivation to achieve [[Mood (psychology)|mental states]] characterized as [[Rush (psychology)|rush]] or [[Flow (psychology)|flow]],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Buckley|first=Ralf|title=Rush as a key motivation in skilled adventure tourism: Resolving the risk recreation paradox|journal=Tourism Management|year=2012|volume=33|issue=4|pages=961–970|doi=10.1016/j.tourman.2011.10.002|hdl=10072/46933|hdl-access=free}}</ref>  resulting from stepping outside their [[comfort zone]]. This may be from experiencing [[culture shock]] or by performing acts requiring significant effort and involve some degree of risk, real or perceived, or physical danger. This may include activities such as [[mountaineering]], [[Backpacking (wilderness)|trekking]], [[bungee jumping]], [[mountain biking]], [[cycling]], [[canoeing]], [[scuba diving]], [[rafting]], [[kayaking]], [[zip-line|zip-lining]], [[paragliding]], [[hiking]], [[exploration|exploring]],  [[Geocaching]], [[canyoneering]], [[sandboarding]], [[caving]] and [[rock climbing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/adventure|title = Adventure Travel|date = 26 April 2013|access-date = 27 July 2015|website = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref> Some obscure forms of adventure travel include [[disaster tourism|disaster]] and [[ghetto tourism]].<ref name="Citypaper">{{cite web|url=http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=11846 |title=Citypaper online |access-date=2007-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013170619/http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=11846 |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other rising forms of adventure travel include [[tourism|social]] and [[jungle tourism]].

Access to inexpensive consumer technology, with respect to [[Global Positioning System]]s, [[Backpacking (travel)#Variants|flashpacking]], [[Social networking service|social networking]] and [[photography]], have increased the worldwide interest in adventure travel. The interest in independent adventure travel has also increased as more specialist travel websites emerge offering previously niche locations and sports.

Adventure sports tourism has traditionally been dominated by men. Although women's participation has grown, the gender gap is still pronounced in terms of quantitative engagement in these forms of sport tourism. Yet, in competitive adventure sport tourism, the success rate of females is currently higher than that of males <ref>Apollo, M., Mostowska, J., Legut, A., Maciuk, K., & Timothy, D. J. (2023). Gender differences in competitive adventure sports tourism. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 42, 100604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2022.100604</ref>

== History ==
Since ancient times, humans have traveled in search for [[food]] and [[survival skills|skills of survival]], but have also engaged in adventurous travel, in explorations of [[sea lane]]s, a destination, or even a new country.

Adventurer travelers began to push to the limits, with the mountaineering of [[Matterhorn]] in 1865 and the [[river rafting]] on the [[Colorado River]] in 1869. Shortly after, two key institutions were formed, including the [[National Geographic Society]] and 
the [[Explorers Club]], which continue to support adventure travel.

At the end of World War II, modern adventure began to take off, with [[1950 French Annapurna expedition]] and the [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition]]. Today, it remains a niche of travel and a fast-changing sector with new variants of activities for a travel experience.

== Types ==

===Accessible tourism===
{{Main|Accessible tourism}}
There is a trend for developing tourism specifically for the disabled. Adventure travel for the disabled has become a US$13 billion a year industry in [[North America]].<ref>[[Stan Hagen]] – Tourism Minister of British Columbia</ref> Some adventure travel destinations offer diverse programs and job opportunities developed specifically for the [[Disability|disabled]].<ref>The Equity: [http://www.theequity.ca/ "Esprit rafting to be featured in commercial"], Wednesday, May 14th, 2008, print edition</ref>

=== Extreme travel ===
{{Main|Extreme tourism}}
Extreme tourism involves travel to dangerous (''extreme'') locations or participation in dangerous events or activities. This form of tourism can overlap with [[extreme sport]].

=== Jungle tourism ===
{{Main|Jungle tourism}}
Jungle tourism is a subcategory of adventure travel defined by active multifaceted physical means of travel in the jungle regions of the earth. According to the Glossary of Tourism Terms, jungle tours have become a major component of green tourism in tropical destinations and are a relatively recent phenomenon of Western international tourism.

=== Overland travel ===
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Overland travel or overlanding refers to an overland journey – perhaps originating with Marco Polo's first overland expedition in the 13th century from Venice to the Mongolian court of [[Kublai Khan]]. Today overlanding is a form of extended adventure holiday, embarking on a long journey, often in a group. Overland companies provide a converted truck or a bus plus a tour leader, and the group travels together overland for a period of weeks or months.

Since the 1960s overlanding has been a popular means of travel between destinations across [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]] (particularly [[Tourism in India|India]]), the Americas and Australia. The "Hippie trail" of the 60s and 70s saw thousands of young westerners travelling through the Middle East to India and Nepal. Many of the older traditional routes are still active, along with newer routes like Iceland to South Africa overland and Central Asian post soviet states.

=== Scuba diving ===
{{Main|Scuba diving}}
Scuba diving is a sport in which participants explore underwater places while inhaling compressed air from tanks. Scuba diving is most popular in locations with tropical coral reefs, but it may be found in almost any location with water.

Popular destinations:
*Belize's Great Blue Hole 
*Tahiti 
*Sipadan Island's Barracuda Point

== Notes and references ==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Buckley|first=R.|title=Adventure Tourism|year=2006|publisher=CABI|location=Wallingford, UK|oclc=4802912392}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.fayobserver.com/article/20150808/lifestyle/308089644 Scuba divers swim among the sharks], Fayetteville Observer

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