Adventure tourism - a popular trend of modern tourism

In recent years, huge changes have been noted in the global tourism market, which are associated with the emergence of new trends, one of which is adventure tourism. It’s a popular but at the same time new trend direction on the world tourist map. Adventure tourism takes a special place among special types of tourism. The interest in it is growing every day, especially among the youth of different countries. Adventure tourism perfectly combines active recreation and extreme elements. There is no coincidence that, according to the prognosis of the World Tourism Organization, adventure tourism will get a good dynamic growth in the upcoming decade. At the end of 2019, Kazakhstan has received carte blanche for the active development of a new perspective area - adventure tourism. According to Tengritravel.kz with the reference to the Lonely Planet, British Backpacker Society has compiled a rating of the countries that are of interest to the adventure lovers. Kazakhstan has taken the fifth position after Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran, overtaking even such popular tourist destinations as Russia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ethiopia. The criteria for these TOP-10 countries became factors, including, first of all, people’s cordiality and hospitality, sights, unique landscapes, natural and cultural features, religious monuments, monuments of architecture and construction art, the level of infrastructure development. Another feature of the countries selection became an insignificant tourist flow. The article will answer the question about the perspective development of adventure tourism in Kazakhstan.

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