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  1. What is special interest tourism and why is it so popular?

    Special interest tourism (also known as specialist tourism or SIT), is a branch of niche tourism and alternative tourism. Essentially, special interest tourism is tourism which is tailored to a specific interest. There are many tour operators who focus their business on special interest tourism (and this number is growing).

  2. Special Interest Tourism Market Share, Size & Forecast to 2034

    The special interest tourism market is estimated to stand at US$ 4,781.14 billion in 2024. The market is forecasted to exceed a valuation of US$ 18,843.69 billion by 2034. The market is projected to experience impressive growth through 2034, recording a CAGR of 14.70%. Special interest tourism demand is primarily driven by the growing trend ...

  3. What You Need to Know About Special Interest Tourism

    The growth of specialist tourism. In the wake of COVID-19, people have developed a newfound appreciation for exploring beyond their own homes. This has become especially true as they are now more aware of all the possibilities that lie outside their comfort zones.

  4. Special Interest Tourism Market to Increase at a Robust

    Follow. NEWARK, Del, May 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The special interest tourism market is poised to surge exponentially in the coming years, with Future Market Insights (FMI) predicting it to ...

  5. Future of tourism: Tech, staff, and customers

    Longer-term forecasts also point to optimism for the decade ahead. Travel and tourism GDP is predicted to grow, on average, at 5.8 percent a year between 2022 and 2032, outpacing the growth of the overall economy at an expected 2.7 percent a year. 5 Travel & Tourism economic impact 2022, WTTC, August 2022.

  6. The rise of specialist tour operators

    Learn how to choose a specialist tour operator for your holiday, whether you are looking for wildlife, safari, destination, family, walking or cycling trips. Find out why smaller, more local and responsible operators offer more authentic and sustainable experiences.

  7. PDF Special Interest Tourism: An Introduction

    sustainable tourism and responsible tourism (Ali-Knight, 2011). By implication these products were qualitatively different, and were the antithesis of mass tourism which had widely been credited with negative environmental, socio-cultural and economic impacts (Morgan and Pritchard, 1999). Combined with the influence of the growth of a more ...

  8. Trends in specialist travel revealed in the AITO Travel Insights Report

    The AITO Travel Insights Report 2020, compiled in association with leading travel data insight agency SPIKE, has - for the 5th year in succession - delved into the travel habits of the specialist traveller, who largely falls into the 50+ market (80%, with an average age of 61), usually travels as a couple (57.4%) and tends to take two or ...

  9. Special interest tourism: concepts, contexts and cases

    Special interest tourism is growing rapidly due to a discerning and heterogeneous travel market and the demand for more focused activity or interest-based tourism experiences. This book approaches the topic from the perspective of both supply and demand, and addresses the complexities now inherent in this area of tourism. ...

  10. Special Interest Tourism

    Special interest tourism is a niche market as the number of tourists in the target demographic is small and ranges from 4% to 10%. To illustrate, Rittichainuwat and Rattanaphinanchai found that the number of special interest tourists to a film shooting location was only 10.5% as compared to 89% of mass tourists.However, these special interest tourists generated more tourist expenditure than ...

  11. Overview of special interest tourism/tourists

    The rapid growth of Chinese outbound tourism and these travellers' engagement in special interest tourism also offers implications for destinations seeking to attract this travel segment, such as by partnering with other emerging markets for service provision (e.g. Brazil, Russia, India, or South Africa). ...

  12. Special Interest Tourism

    As a matter of fact, only 131 publications have been focusing on family tourism and families' tourism behaviour (Li et al., 2020) with respect to 1248 articles analysing customers' experiences and ...

  13. Special Interest Tourism: Find Your Niche

    Special interest tourism focuses on providing leisure and adventure activities that cater to the needs of a specific audience. Tapping into your special interest niche will connect you to a smaller, yet highly-devoted audience. Think quality over quantity. In a sector that celebrates individuality and personalization, there is something for ...

  14. Who are Specialized Tour Operators?

    Specialist tour operators are tour operators in the travel industry who focuses on offering specialized and niche travel experiences. Unlike mass market tour operators who cater to broad, general travel demands, specialist tour operators offer in-depth expertise in specific areas. These can range from eco-tourism, adventure travel, cultural ...

  15. Global tourism industry

    Inbound tourism visitor growth worldwide 2020-2025, by region. Inbound tourism visitor growth worldwide from 2020 to 2022, with a forecast until 2025, by region.

  16. Specialist Accommodation: Definition, Markets Served, and Roles in

    The growth of specialist accommodation establishments is discussed in the contert of recent trends in the tourism market. Drawing from a broad range of inter national research studies, the article reviews the role of specialist accommodation in rural development and in meeting the needs of special-interest markets.

  17. The rise of specialist tour operators

    The rise of the specialist tour operators and why they'll be able to give you a better holiday compared to a large multi-national operator. Toggle navigation. menu. 1-866-821-6866 . ... Involving local people in tourism - as lodge staff and managers, tour guides, drivers, and during village tours - deters them from poaching and ensures the ...

  18. How Specialist Tourism Has Developed. by freyja denton on Prezi

    Development Changing Market Factors Trends TV influences Media Internet Active holidays Cultural holidays Expectations High level of service Self-Actualization In this presentation i will explaining how specialist tourism has developed and how changes in the market have led to an

  19. Unit 14 Specialist Tourism

    Task One. The article is to be titled The Development of Specialist Tourism and it is envisaged that it will give background information to the employees about the development of this type of tourism. Within the article you will need to explain how the following market factors: socio-economic. self actualisation.

  20. Demographic Change and Tourism

    Demographic Change and Tourism. The structure of societies is continuously changing: The world population is forecast to grow to 8.3 billion in 2030, life expectancy is projected to increase in most of the world, households and families are becoming more diverse, and migration is changing the face of societies. All these changes will impact ...

  21. Coronavirus: impact on the tourism industry worldwide

    The financial repercussions of the pandemic manifested later that year when the total travel and tourism spending worldwide more than halved between 2019 and 2020, decreasing from over five ...