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Altitude Sickness
Effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes.
Physical Fitness
A quality or condition described as physical fitness and examined in relation to adventure tourism.
Wilderness Leadership
The process of influencing and coordinating people to pursue shared objectives in wilderness.
Volunteer Tourism
A form of tourism in which travel is primarily centred on organized voluntary work undertaken while travelling.
Outdoor Leadership
The process of influencing and coordinating people to pursue shared objectives in outdoor.
Adventure Guides
People, publications or digital services that provide direction and interpretation concerning adventure.
Protected Areas Law
The body of legal principles, rights and obligations governing protected areas.
Environmental Law
The body of legal principles, rights and obligations governing environmental.
Adventure Tourism Law
The body of legal principles, rights and obligations governing adventure tourism.
Employment
Paid work and labour-market activity generated by or associated with adventure tourism.
Value Chain
The linked activities through which an organization or network creates and delivers value from initial inputs to the final user.
Economic Impact
A change in income, employment, production, investment or public revenue attributable to an activity, project or sector.
Tourism Investment
The commitment of capital to tourism facilities, infrastructure, enterprises or projects in expectation of financial, economic or social returns.
Tourism Entrepreneurship
The identification and pursuit of opportunities to create new ventures or innovative value through tourism.
Community-based Tourism
Tourism substantially owned, managed or governed by a local community so that residents influence decisions and retain meaningful benefits.
Local Communities
Groups of people connected by residence, shared institutions, social relations and identity within a particular place.
Rural Development
The planned process of expanding, improving or transforming rural over time.
Circular Economy
An economic model that keeps products and materials in use, minimizes waste and regenerates natural systems through strategies such as reduction, reuse, repair and recycling.
Carbon Footprint
The total greenhouse-gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an activity, organization, product, person or destination, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent.
Conservation Tourism
A form of tourism in which travel is primarily centred on activities that directly support the protection of natural or cultural resources.
Environmental Education
The organized process of developing knowledge, skills, values and awareness concerning environmental.
Biodiversity Conservation
The planned protection, care and responsible use of biodiversity to retain its significance and integrity over time.
Leave No Trace
A set of minimum-impact principles intended to reduce the environmental and social effects of outdoor recreation.
Responsible Tourism
An approach that requires tourism actors to take responsibility for economic, social and environmental effects and to improve places for residents and visitors.
Sustainable Adventure Tourism
An approach to adventure tourism that balances environmental protection, community well-being and long-term economic viability.
Digital Mapping
The collection, organization and spatial or conceptual representation of information about digital.
Augmented Reality (AR)
A technology that overlays context-sensitive digital content on a user's view of the physical world.
Virtual Reality (VR)
A computer-generated three-dimensional environment that produces a sense of presence and can be explored through interactive devices.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Computer-based systems for capturing, managing, analysing and visualizing geographically referenced data.
Well-being
A multidimensional state encompassing physical, psychological, social and economic quality of life.
Motivation
The internal and external forces that initiate and direct behaviour relating to adventure tourism.
Self-development
A process or condition described as self-development and examined in relation to adventure tourism.
Risk-taking Behaviour
The observable actions and decision patterns associated with risk-taking.
Flow Theory
An organized set of concepts and propositions used to explain or predict flow.
Memorable Tourism Experiences
Tourism experiences that remain strongly and positively recalled because of their personal significance, novelty, emotion or engagement.
Destination Loyalty
A sustained preference for and commitment to destination, expressed through attitudes or repeated behaviour.
Revisit Intention
A person's stated likelihood or plan to engage in behaviour relating to revisit.
Tourist Satisfaction
The degree to which perceptions of tourist meet or exceed prior needs and expectations.
Self-efficacy
A person's belief in their capability to organize and perform the actions required to achieve a specific result.
Flow Experience
The perceptions, emotions and evaluations formed through a person's interaction with flow.
Sensation Seeking
A practice or activity involving sensation seeking, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Novelty Seeking
A practice or activity involving novelty seeking, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Adventure Motivation
The internal and external forces that initiate and direct behaviour relating to adventure.
Incident Management
The coordinated process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling incident to achieve defined objectives.
First Aid
Financial, technical or humanitarian assistance provided to support first.
Wilderness Medicine
The field concerned with preventing, diagnosing and treating conditions associated with wilderness.
Search and Rescue
Coordinated operations to locate people in distress, provide immediate assistance and move them to safety.
Rescue Operations
The coordinated activities and processes through which rescue is produced, delivered or maintained.
Emergency Planning
The advance identification of responsibilities, procedures and resources required to respond to foreseeable emergencies.
Safety Management
The coordinated process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling safety to achieve defined objectives.
Risk Management
The coordinated process of identifying, assessing, treating and monitoring uncertainty that may affect objectives.
Risk Perception
The process and resulting interpretation through which people understand and evaluate risk.
Regional Development
The planned process of expanding, improving or transforming regional over time.
National Park Management
The coordinated process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling national park to achieve defined objectives.
Protected Area Management
The coordinated process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling protected area to achieve defined objectives.
Carrying Capacity
The maximum level of visitor use that a place can accommodate without unacceptable deterioration of its environment, community, economy or visitor experience.
Destination Marketing
The research, positioning, communication and promotion of a place to attract target visitors and support destination objectives.
Destination Branding
The strategic process of defining and communicating a distinctive identity and set of associations for a place in the minds of target audiences.
Destination Competitiveness
The ability of a destination to attract and satisfy visitors, create value for stakeholders and sustain its resources relative to competing places.
Adventure Destinations
Geographic places developed, perceived or used as locations for adventure.
Protected Areas
Clearly defined geographic spaces managed to achieve the long-term conservation of nature and associated values.
National Parks
Protected or managed open spaces established for national.
Ecotourism
Responsible travel to natural areas that supports conservation, benefits local communities and includes interpretation or environmental learning.
Marine Wildlife
Wild animals and other non-domesticated organisms that live in marine and coastal ecosystems.
Whale Watching
The recreational observation of whale, usually in its natural or customary setting.
Nature Observation
The systematic or recreational viewing and recording of nature.
Safari Tourism
A form of tourism in which travel is primarily centred on guided observation of wildlife and landscapes, commonly in protected areas.
Winter Mountaineering
A practice or activity involving winter mountaineering, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Snowmobiling
A practice or activity involving snowmobiling, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Dog Sledding
A practice or activity involving dog sledding, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Ice Diving
A practice or activity involving ice diving, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Snowshoeing
A practice or activity involving snowshoeing, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Snowboarding
The act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard.
Cross-country Skiing
The sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill).
Alpine Skiing
A practice or activity involving alpine skiing, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Helicopter Tours
Organized journeys or visits centred on helicopter.
Helicopter Tours
Organized journeys or visits centred on helicopter.
Ziplining
A practice or activity involving ziplining, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Bungee Jumping
A practice or activity involving bungee jumping, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Hot Air Ballooning
A practice or activity involving hot air ballooning, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Stand-up Paddleboarding (SUP)
A practice or activity involving stand-up paddleboarding, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Sailing
The navigation of a vessel propelled wholly or partly by wind acting on sails.
Freediving
A practice or activity involving freediving, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Scuba Diving
Skin diving with scuba apparatus.
Kitesurfing
A practice or activity involving kitesurfing, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Windsurfing
A practice or activity involving windsurfing, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Surfing
The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave.
Rafting
A practice or activity involving rafting, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Desert Trekking
A practice or activity involving desert trekking, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Canyoning
A practice or activity involving canyoning, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Orienteering
A practice or activity involving orienteering, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Trail Running
A practice or activity involving trail running, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Mountain Biking
A practice or activity involving mountain biking, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Backpacking
A practice or activity involving backpacking, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Trekking
A practice or activity involving trekking, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Wingsuit Flying
A practice or activity involving wingsuit flying, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
BASE Jumping
A practice or activity involving BASE jumping, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
White-water Rafting
A practice or activity involving white-water rafting, considered within the field of adventure tourism.
Skydiving
Performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute.
Paragliding
A practice or activity involving paragliding, considered within the field of adventure tourism.