1. ADVENTURE TOURISM Georgina Borràs Crusi Marina Muñoz i Martín

2. INTRODUCTION - The most part of information that we have is from specific books of tourism typologies like “Tipologías turísticas” Albert Blasco Peris. Also we have used web pages like propostes.com, turismoaventura.com or lmb.gov.bc.ca/adventure_tourism/index.html. - Of these information sources we have seen in what consists the adventure tourism, which types there are, where is done, etc… - We have chosen this typology because it seems so interesting to us. It offers diferent options and nowadays is increasing, despite it keeps being a minority typology.

3. THE CONTENT WHAT IS THE ADVENTURE TOURISM? This kind of tourism means risks, but always a calculated risk. The main motivation that promotes people to do this kind of activities is the boredom, the routine. It includes the practice of some sports and the adventure trips. With active sport tourism, they want to set up of a bigger concept, the active tourism.

6. ADVENTURE TRIPS  It is difficult to describe what is a journey of adventure, but all have four characteristics in common :  1. They are itineraries that bring certain difficulties: descents from rivers, long appealed across the desert, crossings for seas... 2. The ways of transport used can be not conventional. Canoes, sailing boat in the crossings by sea, jeeps... 3. The journey has to suppose a certain discomfort. Exoticism does not have to be confused with adventure. 4. The luggage has to be the possible minimum.

7. ADVENTURE SPORTS  The difference between practicing a conventional sport and one of adventure is the risk.  There are a lot of adventure sports and many possibilities to combine them. Usually we separate adventure sports in three categories: Terrestrial Aquatics Aerial

8. Some interesting adventure sports : Paragliding : is a modality of free fly. The sportman/woman throw himself for a very steep mountain’s slope. He or she hang himself from a ultralight glide. That it have to be less heavy than the pilot. The landig is done on food. Canyoning : it consists to decending a precipice following river’s courses. It combine climb technics’ with swimming.

9. Climb : climb up mountains. We can play it in artificial facilities, the artificial training walls. Rafting : is a descent for fierce waters’ rivers in a pneumatic boat with capacity for several people (places from 6 to 8).

10. Helisky : the sportman/woman is raised for an helicopter. He/she leave himself fall for the mountainside where is possible sky. River sky : it the same than rafting but using a special skis and a row with double blade.

11. Hydrobob : is descending for fierce water’s rivers in a elongated vehicle with capacity for 4 people. Hydrospeed : or Hidrosled because it consits in descends fierce water’s rivers with a special sled. This vehicle hold the soprtmanin the water but the legs are submerged. Canoening : flowing in canoe for the fierce or clam waters of a river.

12. Bungee jumping : it consists in  throwing of a bridge or similar (like a crane), clamped by a rope, which it lends the jumper suspended on the air. Trekking and hiking :  the difference between them is that the first carries out much longer routes. People walk for zones with high level of difficulties. It stay in shelters or in improvised campings.