Extreme tourism
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Extreme tourism or shock tourism is a type of niche tourism involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, etc.) or participation in dangerous events. Extreme tourism overlaps with extreme sport. The two share the main attraction, "adrenaline rush" caused by an element of risk, and differing mostly in the dergee of engagement and professionalism.
Extreme tourism is a growing business in the countries of the former Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, etc.) and in South America, in countries like Peru, Chile and Argentina. In the former Soviet countries the tourism business was largely neglected. While traditional tourism requires significant investments in hotels, roads, etc., extreme tourism requires much less to jump-start. In addition to traditional travel-based tourism destinations, various exotic attractions are suggested, such as flyovers in MiGs at 2.5 Mach, ice diving in White Sea, or travel across the Chernobyl zone.
See also
External links
- [Adventure Travel Trade Association]
- [elementmoscow.ru: Extreme Tourism]
- [BBC News: Russian tourists salute army boot camp]
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