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How An Adventure Listings Website Can Help Tourists Decide Upon Their Holiday Destinations

By Kerri Stout


Each year millions of tourists traverse the globe in search of new experiences. They want to taste new dishes, see the great sights and soak up different cultures. Many tourists want to remain active during their holidays. They want to experience new activities and they want to be thrilled. Tourism operators now this and they go to great lengths to add value to destinations by offering a host of activities. Travelers can use an adventure listings website to conduct some research prior to departure.

Many people think that adventurous activities are activities that are either dangerous or physically exciting. Many adventurous activities, such as hang gliding, parachuting and white water rafting, for example, are indeed potentially dangerous and most certainly guaranteed to get the adrenalin pumping. However, for many people adventurous activities simply imply activities that are novel or out of the ordinary, such as walking on the Great Wall of China, for example.

Many sites do not represent or advertise specific locations or countries. Instead, they provide a list of adventurous activities and the various locations where these activities are on offer. Such sites are particularly valuable to people that are looking for a very specific experience. Because the holiday is focusing upon partaking in a specific activity, the location is deemed to be less important. Activity driven tourists therefore choose holiday destinations based upon the activities they want to experience.

A large number of sites promote specific locations or venues. They also list adventurous activities but only if it is offered at the location or venue. These sites are useful for people that prefer to visit a specific location, but that also want to book for adventurous activities. Sites like these are often the official sites of either the venues or the tourism associations representing the general area.

Savvy consumers will know not to trust every site on face value. One telltale sign is information that is obviously out of date. For example, many sites contain special offers that have expired months or even years ago. It is advisable to use sites that are officially representing the locations and activities on offer. Sites published by the tourism associations or regulating bodies of the relevant activities are normally the most reliable.

Sites that can be trusted normally publish contact details allowing users to get in touch with both the site owners and the locations where the activities are offered. Sites that contain consumer feedback can also be extremely helpful. The experiences of other tourists often offer a picture much different from the one advertised by the site. Frequent negative feedback about a specific location should serve as a warning to rather stay away.

Before deciding upon a specific operator it may be wise to ask for assurances that the operator is properly registered, that they are carrying the required insurance, that they use only the very best equipment and that they employ only experienced and qualified guides and activity managers. These checks are especially important if the proposed activity entails some element of danger.

Life is short and many people have lists of things they want to do before it is too late. There are many adventurous activities that provide thrills and excitement. There are also activities that open new worlds and that help participants to experience the many amazing wonders to be found in this world.




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