Technological University of

Honduras
Student:
Bessy Alejandra Guillen Bonilla

Account number:
201610010204

Issue:
Investigation on the types of tourism

Subject:
English v

Professor:
Lic. Madelin Moreno

Date:
October 11, 2023
 INTRODUCTION

In the present work, a varied contribution of different types of tourism will be

provided, which will be delved into in order to provide the guidelines that will be
seen later, sharing the multiple knowledge and carrying out o. activities that are
routine so that these lead to the general public. In addition to revealing many of the
curiosities that they carry out for any type of same that are intriguing to people.
You can observe the different opinions of each type, making observations thus
revealing the qualities and peculiarities that stand out in any of them since they are
also different and different locations offered in all of them.
What are the types of tourism that exist?
Traveling is one of the most rewarding activities for human beings, it is closely
related to pleasure and quality of life, it is also a meeting point between different
cultures that allow the development of moral, intellectual and emotional values.
Without forgetting the influence it has on the economy of the regions where this
activity takes place, it also represents an interesting social phenomenon that
mobilizes a large part of the world's population.
The activity of traveling and moving for at least 24 hours outside your place of
residence is known as “tourism,” which has seen constant growth since man has
means of transportation that allow him to travel.

types of tourism
Sun and beach tourism (traditional)
It is the maximum expression of mass tourism, since the beaches in the different
tourist destinations are the most visited by tourists. It consists primarily of spending
a few days of recreation in a coastal destination, naturally with a beach and sea,
which must have public spaces designated for this activity. The most common
thing is for tourists to stay in luxury hotels and purchase "all-inclusive" packages
that allow them to have as few worries as possible.
Comment: This type of tourism is one of the most pronounced on a global level due
to customs due to how every day and accessible it is to travel to a beach or a place
near the sea, especially when countries have coasts close or not so close to the
coast. urbanization the population decides to use this town for their vacations or
family gatherings.

Meeting Tourism
It consists of the movement of travelers outside their usual environment for
lucrative purposes. Normally, it is companies that send their workers to meetings,
conferences, meetings or exhibitions; These go with expenses paid and in a way
they are receiving a salary for this trip. The conditions of the destination visited are
more focused on satisfying the needs of a traveler who demands the best possible
services, which range from exhibition complexes, event halls, good communication
routes, among others.
Comment: By validating this we can always see when collaborations between
companies or organizational campaigns are carried out, as well as how
entrepreneurs can use it to acquire contacts from the industry in which they are
included to improve their marketing strategies with others.

Nature Tourism
It seeks to define a more demanding type of traveler; whose main motivation is to
be in contact with nature. Mainly developed by young tourists with concerns about
the deterioration of the environment and concerned about issues such as global
warming, social development and cultural enrichment.
This type of tourism has 3 major derivations: Ecotourism that takes place in natural
areas and whose purpose is the appreciation and knowledge of nature; Adventure
tourism's main motive is to carry out recreational activities that represent emotional
and physical effort; and finally rural tourism where coexistence and interaction with
the local people is sought, getting to know their culture and ways of life.

health Tourism
It includes medical tourism and wellness tourism. It is a phenomenon that takes
place when people travel to seek treatments that allow them to improve their living
conditions, these can be doctors who perform some type of surgery, rehabilitation
clinics or spaces to help their health. Some of the reasons for this type of trip are
the quality or affordability of services outside their place of residence.
Comment: There are too many places throughout the world where many people
travel to improve their state of health or increase their chances of life, whether due
to a fatal, incurable, or chronic disease, this goes hand in hand with specialized
doctors, beta medicines, etc.

Cultural Tourism
Within cultural tourism, the best known are religious and gastronomic tourism. This
is more demanding and has the possibility of developing at any time of the year;
Traveling is done with the intention of “learning something,” since it is normally
done by people with a higher than average educational level. It is common to look
for historical monuments of the destination visited, the most representative
gastronomic manifestations of the place and events or legends that tell its history.
Comment: This type is also one of the most popular since foreign visitors always
visit historical or emblematic places of the places where they travel due to their
passage through time and the meaning it has for their localities, providing them not
only with a focus of light between other places, but it is also a method of trade and
sales for them with foreigners.

LGBT Tourism
This could be considered more of a form of tourism than a type of tourism, since
the LGBT traveler does not carry out a specific activity, as occurs with the previous
types of tourism presented, but rather refers to the displacement of a community of
the population, that is, that is, the LGBT community, who could carry out the type
of activities that motivate them.
Tourism aimed at the so-called “gay community”, which includes bisexual and
transgender people. Currently it is a constantly growing sector that contributes
even more economic benefits than conventional tourism. What they are looking for
when people travel for LGBT tourism is all the necessary conditions to have peace
of mind, this means that they look for friendly destinations for them, where there is
no discrimination, diversity is respected and there are open spaces with security for
their integrity.

Black Tourism
The number of tourists in the world attracted by less common types of tourism is
increasing, one of these non-traditional forms is the so-called black tourism, also
known as “dark tourism”, “pain tourism” or “disaster tourism”.
This type of tourism refers to visiting places where there were tragedies where a
large number of people lost their lives violently, experienced great suffering or
there was destruction, desolation and despair; However, the importance of these
places is not only due to the associations related to death and suffering, but also to
their historical value. Black tourism includes sites where natural or man-made
disasters have occurred, such as: the city of Hiroshima and the Fukushima Power
Plant in Japan, Chernobyl in Ukraine and “ground zero” in New York in the United
States, the former Nazi concentration camp, located in Auschwitz in Poland;
Pompeii in Italy, a city in which the volcano Vesuvius erupted in the year 79, killing
a large part of the population; also old prisons like Alcatraz in the United States.
Comment: It seems to me to be a method of commemoration for all the people
involved in a tragic event that has happened in a certain location, this to give
friends and family a place to go to be able to give peace to their fallen and on the
other hand, visitors can demonstrate empathy and understanding as well as
respect for this place where you can admire what was achieved and what
happened at the time.

Red tourism
This type of tourism was born a little more than ten years ago in the People's
Republic of China, it is about visiting places significant in the history of the
Communist Party of China (CCP), the objective is that the people who take it to the
practice know the history of China, its origins, try to imagine what it was before
1949 and what the Asian country has become today.
During the last ten years, China has invested more than 1,087 million dollars to
develop tourism in the sites where the most famous battles were fought or
important places in the life of the top leader of the Communist Party of China, Mao
Zedong (Mao Zedong). ), which has brought benefits to the national tourism
industry, since trips within the country of visitors related to the so-called Red
Tourism have increased considerably in recent years, influencing the increase in
the domestic tourism market.

Paranormal Tourism
It is related to paranormal or supernatural phenomena in which folkloric and
psychic elements are combined that allow the enjoyment of experiences that have
no logical or scientific explanation. For this reason, it can be practiced worldwide
because most countries have areas (cities, monuments, natural areas, etc.) with a
wide diversity of myths and legends in which it has been proven that phenomena
occur that until now exist. date do not have a logical explanation but, due to the
search for strange and inexplicable experiences, they have the potential to attract
national and foreign visitors at different times of the year.
Myths and legends are part of the culture of any country, we hear them from when
we are very young thanks to our grandparents, uncles or parents, and thus they
have been passed from generation to generation, forming part of the customs that
represent the different populations or societies. Recent research on the subject has
shown people's interest in a vision open to aspects of life that go beyond the
physical and material world.
Virtual Tourism
Tourism is one of the “industries” most benefited by the era of technology. And the
main quality of this is to move to another place, therefore, everything developed in
terms of aeronautical and land transportation has served a lot to reduce time and
costs. Not to mention that service and comfort is also a factor that continues to
constantly improve. Online reservation systems, applications to locate destinations,
streets and points of interest, have undoubtedly come to facilitate the trips and
stays of tourists around the world.
Thanks to these wonderful technological advances, it is possible to get to know a
place without having to be there. Although it is true that with images, photographs
and videos it is possible to know certain places, the perspective is limited, they
show only what the interlocutor considers important or outstanding.
 CONCLUSIONS

In short, each type of tourism offers unique and attractive experiences for different
types of travelers. The choice of the type of tourism will depend on the individual
interests and preferences of each person.
The findings and observations made during visits to each of the places to which
they are classified depending on the preferences of the individuals are pleasantly
interesting, understanding and pointing out how to identify travel areas and make
decisions to choose a destination. Evaluating the efficiency of each one for the
public, analyzing the quality of the trip or examining safety for people were of great
help with comparisons to our lessons of concepts that travel companies have, we
coupled them to our understanding in the same environment.

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