DISTANCE LEARNING ADVENTURE TOURISM COURSE
"Join the exciting world of adventure tourism!"
- Enrol any time, work at your own pace, studying from anywhere
- Qualified and experienced tutors
WANT TO PLAN & MANAGE SERVICES IN ADVENTURE TOURISM?
This course will assist you in developing your own ideas for adventure tourism services. You will gain an understanding of industry and the special care required in the planning of activities and training of staff.
Duration: 100 hours
Course Structure
There are eight lessons in this module as follows:
- Scope and nature of Adventure tourism
- The Product ….Sources and Types
- Management
- The Customer
- Locations & Facilities …Artificial environments
- Locations & Facilities …Natural
- Ethics, Sustainability and Environmental impacts
- Risk management & Insurance.
AIMS
- Define the nature and scope of adventure tourism
- Identify types of adventure tours, and sources of information on them.
- Consider the requirements of managing an adventure tourism destination or service.
- Identify potential customers, customer needs and requirements in planning and conducting adventure tours.
- Identify various kinds of artificial environments for adventure tours, and the facilities typically provided at them.
- Discuss the requirements and problems associated with using natural locations for adventure tours.
- Identify ethical and environmental issues related to adventure tourism.
- Identify kinds of risk and strategies for reducing their negative impacts on customers and operators.
WHAT THE COURSE COVERS
Here are just some of the things you will be doing:
- Define Adventure Tourism in your own words.
- List target groups for marketing adventure tourism.
- What type of adventure tourism do you consider to have the greatest potential for financial success in your region.
- Summarize brochures on 5 different adventure tourism attractions, services or tours.
- Submit a list of Adventure Tourism attractions
- Analyse the potential of adventure tourism in the region in which you live.
- Compare the attractions and disadvantages of three different locations or destinations in adventure tourism.
- How does Adventure Tourism differ to other types of Tourism?
- How does the media influence Adventure Tourism in your Country?
- Explain licensing requirements for three different types of adventure tourism activities in your country.
- Describe ways in which the adventure tourism market might be segmented.
- How are consumer trends changing in adventure tourism?
- Explain the difference between soft and hard adventurers.
- Based on your research, discuss the relationship between adventure and risk.
- What kinds of people are most likely to go on adventure tours?
- Differentiate between artificial and natural adventure tourism destinations.
- List as many types of different artificial tourism attractions as you can conceive of (they do not have to exist), and indicate beside each what you believe is its likely target market.
- Arrange a list above into soft & hard destinations.
- Report on the environment, facilities and services at the two different adventure tourism destinations. in two columns: one column hard & one soft
- List different types of natural adventure tourism activities
- What areas of natural adventure tourism have experienced growth in recent years?
- What issues should management consider when planning to use natural adventure tourism destinations?
Why Study the Course?
This is a great course to choose, if you want to learn about the subject not only now; but keep
developing your knowledge, understanding and opportunities within the field of study, after you
complete the course. Studying should not only develop your intelligence and knowledge; but also:
- Build networking (develop contacts within an industry)
- Improve your ability to communicate with colleagues
- Develop problem solving skills
- Expand awareness and develop creativity
- Develop attributes that set you apart from others in your industry
- Motivate you, build confidence, and more
According to some authorities, success is actually only affected about 20% by your knowledge and intelligence.
Our school works at helping you in a holistic way, to develop all of the things
mentioned above, in a way that relates to the discipline you are studying; and
in this way, giving you the capacity to apply yourself to unanticipated problems,
to understand new information as it emerges, to see and seize on new opportunities
as they reveal themselves, and to continue to grow your abilities within your discipline
as you progress through life after study.
In a world that is changing faster all the time; it is difficult to even be certain how this industry
might change between the start of your course, and the time you finish studying.
With this in mind; any course that is to have long term value in today's world, must develop
broad generic skills (as above). This approach to education is not unique to ACS, but it is
an approach tested, proven and adopted in our courses; and an approach that is also used
by some of the most successful, cutting edge universities and colleges around the world.
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HOME STUDY ADVENTURE TOURISM COURSE
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"Join the exciting world of adventure tourism!"
Adventure tourism is an exciting fast growing industry! This course explains the sources and types of opportunities available in the market. You will also learn about the special needs of clients in this 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.
