Drug Tourism
Drug tourism is travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one’s home jurisdiction. Drug tourism can be also defined as the phenomenon by which one’s travel experience involves the cons...

Extreme Tourism
Extreme tourism (also often referred to as shock tourism, although both concepts do not appear strictly similar) is a niche in the tourism industry involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, canyons, etc.) or participation i...

Geotourism
Geotourism deals with non-living parts of the natural and built environments.�Looking at the environment in a simplistic manner, we see that it is made up of Abiotic, Biotic and Cultural(ABC) attribures. Starting with the �C� or cultural component first, ...

Ghetto Tourism
Ghetto tourism was first studied in 2005 by Michael Stephens in the cultural-criticism journal, PopMatters. Ghetto tourism includes all forms of entertainment � "gangsta rap," video games, movies, TV, and other forms that allow consumers to traffic in the...

Halal Tourism
Halal tourism is a subcategory of religious tourism which is geared towards Muslim families who abide by Sharia rules. The hotels in such destinations do not serve alcohol and have separate swimming pools and spa facilities for men and women. Malaysia, Tu...

LGBT Tourism
Gay tourism or LGBT tourism is a form of niche tourism marketed to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.They are usually open about their sexual orientation and gender identity but may be more or less open when traveling; for instance they...

Medical Tourism
Medical tourism (MT) is defined as patient movement from highly developed nations to less developed areas of the world for medical care by bypassing services offered in their own communities. Medical tourism is different from the traditional model of inte...

Music Tourism
Music tourism is the act of visiting a city or town, in order to see a music festival or other music performances. This sort of tourism is particularly important to small villages such as Glastonbury, as well as large cities like Glasgow. The fairly rece...

Nautical Tourism
Nautical tourism is an increasingly popular way to combine love of sailing and boating with vacation and holiday activities. First defined as an industry segment in Europe and South America, it has since caught on in the United States and the Pacific Rim....

Pop-culture Tourism
Pop-culture tourism is the act of traveling to locations featured in literature, film, music, or any other form of popular entertainment....