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Outbound tourism main species in Western European countries
Outbound tourism is a vacation trip to foreign countries of the world. Thanks to globalization and the simplification of the visa regime by many states, international travel has recently gained incredible popularity. Today, outbound tourism is not only a form of recreation, but also one of the forms of economic, political, social and cultural ties between states. Outbound tourism, as a separate category of trips, is developing extremely dynamically.
If in 1950 25 million people made international trips for tourism, now this figure is more than half a billion people a year. For many countries, international tourism is a solid or even the main source of income from the export of goods and services. In countries such as Panama, Cyprus, Haiti, tourism revenues exceed half of all export earnings. And even quite European and economically developed Spain, Greece and Austria receive more than a third of all export earnings from tourism through tourism. Continue reading
Gourmet gastronomic tourism
Gastronomic tourism is a trip to various places of the planet to get acquainted with local culinary traditions and features of national or regional cuisine. The main goal of vacationers who choose gastronomic tourism is to taste unique products and dishes that are unique to the area.
For true gourmets, such trips are not a way to fill the stomach with all kinds of delicacies and exotic dishes. First of all, gastronomic tourism is a means of understanding the mentality, centuries-old traditions and national spirit of peoples through the culture of cooking and eating food. Thus, gastronomic tourism is more than a regular sightseeing trip, as it requires a careful approach to the selection of local food. The main highlight of the gastrotour is the tasting of those dishes that are not found anywhere else in the world. Continue reading
Mountain tourism
Mountain tourism is a fairly extensive category of outdoor activities. It includes trips to highlands, rock climbing, caving, rafting on mountain rivers, geological explorations, expeditions to familiarize yourself with the flora and fauna. According to the official definition of the World Tourism Organization, mountain tourism is the overcoming of routes running at an altitude of at least 3 thousand meters above sea level. In accordance with this interpretation, in Ukraine there are no mountains of such height that travel on them could be qualified as mountain tourism. For example, the highest point of the Carpathians, Mount Goverla, has a height of 2600 m, and the most significant peak of the Crimea, Mount Roman-Kosh, is located at an altitude of 1545 m.
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