Jailoo-tourism
Jailoo tours are organized in sparsely populated hard-to-reach places where indigenous peoples usually live. Those who choose this option of rest will live like those to whom they came. For example, in Kyrgyzstan (where jailoo tourism was invented), you will spend the night with locals in a yurt, eating cakes and kumys, as well as contemplating magnificent views of the mountains. Going on a jailoo tour, you should not forget about warm clothes, because there is no electricity or heating where you are going to live.
Cinema and book tourism
Your favorite movie or TV series can easily inspire you to visit the places where it was filmed. Fans of “The Lord of the Rings” are flying to New Zealand, “Star Wars” — to Tunisia, “Game of Thrones” — to Scotland, Ireland and Spain. There are also special women’s tours for fans of the book “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert in Italy, India and Indonesia. In a word, getting used to the image of your favorite hero is now easier than it seems, due to full immersion in his world right on the spot.
Disaster Tourism
Of all the varieties presented, this is perhaps the most recent. It originated in New Orleans, USA, where enterprising locals began to arrange excursions to the settlements most affected by Hurricane Katrina. Gradually, the idea was picked up by other countries: there were a lot of fans of walking in the footsteps left by the destructive element. However, disaster tourism has a significant disadvantage: as soon as the consequences of events are eliminated, the demand disappears.
“Dark” tourism
If disaster tourism offers to study the places of recent tragedies, then “dark” tourism is aimed at visiting the places of tragedies of the distant and not very past. Historical battlefields, former prisons, Nazi camps, Chernobyl, the Pere Lachaise cemetery are just a few options that fans of such a holiday are interested in. By the way, visitors to the Colosseum can also be called “dark” tourists, because few places in ancient times shed as much blood as in this arena.
Caravanning
Modern caravans are not long chains of wagons wandering through the desert. Now this is the name of spacious mobile homes equipped with all amenities (sleeping and entertainment areas, kitchen). They will have a place for both people and equipment: skis, bicycles and other things. Those who choose such a vacation are not limited by anything except their own desires, and travel freely wherever they want.