COURSE OVERVIEW
Most people probably think of Adventure Tourism as being outdoors in wilderness areas; and that certainly is where a lot of adventure tourism happens; but not all!
Adventure tourism can be anywhere. It’s all about travelling to a destination to undertake adventurous activities. It doesn’t matter whether those activities are inside, outside, in water, on land or in the air. Even outer space may become an increasing venue for adventure tourism in the future.
This exciting course covers the adventure tourism industry in today’s market and looks at the types of opportunities available within this fast growing industry. Other topics include: outdoor adventure and management training, the customer, artificial environments, supply, geography, sustainability, and environmental impacts. This course develops a capacity to plan and manage the provision of adventure tourism services.
COURSE FEATURES
Interact with and learn from senior professionals in the tourism industry who have helped develop the course, meaning you’ll have the inside secrets on how to become a pro.
With our training and certification, set yourself apart from other candidates when applying for roles or display within your own business to provide clients confidence in your abilities
Accredited through the International Approval and Registration Centre (IARC), be certain of learning skills directly relevant to job outcomes within the adventure tourism field.
SUBJECTS
- Introduction to Adventure Tourism
- Historical themes of adventure tourism
- Women Travellers
- Adventure tourism experiences
- Motivating factors for adventure tourism
- Adventure activities
- Limitations and risks
- Artificial environments
- Non-physical adventure tourism
The Product: Sources and Types
- Types of adventure tourism
- Types of adventure locations
- Case studies – New Zealand, India, Iceland, Africa and Brazil
- Sources of information
Management
- Management process
- Management issues
- Staffing
- Training
- Transport
- Equipment suppliers
- Media
- Voluntary organisations
- Marketing
- Marketing tools
- Seasonal fluctuations
The Customer
- Adventure tourism customers
- Market sector
- Tourism motivation
- Conservation tourism
- Adventure tourist behaviour
- Soft and hard adventurers
- Risk taking
- Ecotourism
- Customer expectations
Locations and Facilities – Artificial Environments
- Artificial environment tourism
- Artificial adventure environments
- Advancement in adventure developments
- Examples of artificial adventure tourism
- Advantages and disadvantages of simulated adventure tourism
- Classification of artificial adventure
Location and Facilities – Natural
- Natural environments
- Adventure tourism in natural environments
- Wildlife tourism
- Case study: Nature-based tourism in Antarctica
- Ecotourism
- Benefits of nature-based tourism
- Nature-based ecotourism
- Locations and destinations
- Health benefits of nature
- Advantages and disadvantages of nature-based tourism
Ethics, sustainability and environmental impacts
- Introduction
- Social and cultural impacts
- Environmental impacts
- Economic impacts
Risk Management and Insurance
- Some categories of risk
- Risk Management strategies and plans
- Assessing the risk
- The risk management plan
- Consequences of an event happening
- Crisis management
- Insurance
HOW THIS COURSE CAN HELP YOU
- Tour Leader
- Tour Planner
- Tourism Marketing
- Travel Agent
- Event Planning
- Adventure Planner
- Tourism Management
SUMMARY
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
NIL
DELIVERY
Fully Online, at your own pace.
COURSE DURATION
100 hours
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Pay Upfront and receive a discount on the total course cost OR Take Advantage of our Interest Free Payment Plans
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