When going on vacation, you can explore rating of hotels in Turkey or choose a sightseeing tour of Europe. Hundreds of tourists do this every year. But there are those who prefer a vacation that is radically different from the usual.
It is for such travelers that the most unusual destinations in tourismfeatured in our today's Top 7.
7. Polar tourism
Have the sun, palm trees and sand become boring? Welcome to the kingdom of eternal snow and polar night! Tours to the Arctic or Antarctic are becoming more and more popular among fans of extreme tourism. By the way, visiting at least the South or North Pole is not a cheap pleasure. After all, the road, and the equipment, and even spending the night in an insulated tent made of extra strong tarpaulin, are expensive.
6. Tours to sunken ships
It can be old sailing ships, warships from the Second World War, and the legendary Titanic. Someone wants to feel like a treasure hunter, someone - a brave explorer. Similar tours are the best diving spots, for people tired of exploring exclusively flora and fauna under water. By the way, this year the place where the infamous cruise ship Costa Concordia sank has become especially popular.
5. Ecological tourism
Visiting corners of the planet untouched by civilization has been gaining popularity since the 1980s. This ecological tour assumes the rejection of all the benefits of civilization and complete unity with nature. Down with cars smartphones, hair dryers and even mosquito sprays! A dedicated follower of ecotourism will never take anything with them that could disturb the ecology of the chosen place. Kenya, Laos, Tanzania, Nepal, New Zealand and South Africa are leading among the host countries for eco-tourists.
4. Gastronomic tourism
National cuisine can tell about the culture and other peculiarities of a particular country no less than museums and other attractions. You can just try dishes from different countries, or you can choose a more highly specialized tour - cheese in France or beer in Germany. True, in the countries of Asia and Africa, fans of gastronomic tourism should still restrain their own appetites so as not to shock the body pampered by European cuisine.
3. Cinematic tourism
Travel to the filming locations of your beloved film attracts many fans of unusual recreation. For example, Tolkien fans literally flock to New Zealand, where The Lord of the Rings was filmed. Malta is no less popular with film tourists, where they filmed "Troy", "Gladiator" and "Game of Thrones". Fans of Soviet cinema often choose a route through the filming locations of "17 Moments of Spring", which took place in Latvia, Georgia, Russia
2. Jailoo tourism
This direction has a lot in common with ecological tourism, but is even more extreme. Jailoo tourism involves living together with tribes that have preserved the primitive communal system. In addition to giving up all the benefits of civilization, the tourist will be immersed in an unusual and sometimes shocking environment. Most often we are talking about the tribes of Oceania or Central Africa.But Russians can choose, for example, tribal tourism in the high-mountainous pastures of Kyrgyzstan.
1. House exchange tours
This unusual type of tourism is increasingly developing in European countries. Its essence is simple - when going on vacation to another country, it is worth finding a person who is planning a vacation for the same time. Tourists simply change houses and, within a week or even a month, go sightseeing and get acquainted with the culture of the state without spending money on paying for hotels. For those wishing to exchange houses for a while, there are many specialized sites on the Internet. So the owners of a house in the Ural village have every chance to exchange for a week or two with the owner of a villa on the Spanish coast.