Adventure travel

[1] Adventure tourists may have the motivation to achieve mental states characterized as rush or flow,[2] resulting from stepping outside their comfort zone.

This may be from experiencing culture shock or by performing acts requiring significant effort and involve some degree of risk, real or perceived, or physical danger.

Access to inexpensive consumer technology, with respect to Global Positioning Systems, flashpacking, social networking and photography, have increased the worldwide interest in adventure travel.

Although women's participation has grown, the gender gap is still pronounced in terms of quantitative engagement in these forms of sport tourism.

Shortly after, two key institutions were formed, including the National Geographic Society and the Explorers Club, which continue to support adventure travel.

[6] Some adventure travel destinations offer diverse programs and job opportunities developed specifically for the disabled.