Adventure Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
Sport & Recreation
A course by
Lincoln University
Core skills this course teaches
Outline characteristics of outdoor recreation participants
Identify and describe the characteristics of outdoor recreationists, adventure tourists, and extreme sport participants.
Describe history and development
Explain the historical development of recreation, tourism, sport and adventure in outdoor environments.
Explain benefits of outdoor recreation
Discuss personal, social, environmental and economic benefits for participants in outdoor recreation and adventure tourism.
What You're Signing Up For
Adventure Tourism and Outdoor Recreation covers the nature of sociological, psychological, and geographical aspects of outdoor recreation and adventure tourism. It addresses characteristics of recreationists and adventure tourists, history and development of outdoor recreation and adventure tourism, benefits for participants, sociocultural and environmental impacts, psychological and sociological dimensions including motivation and risk management, and influences on outdoor recreation activities locally and globally.
Course Content
- Characteristics of outdoor recreation and recreationists, adventure-based tourists and extreme sport participants
- History and development of recreation, tourism, sport and adventure in outdoor environments
- Benefits (personal, social, environmental and economic) of outdoor recreation and adventure tourism
- Sociocultural and environmental impacts of nature-based recreation, tourism and sport
- Psychological and sociological dimensions including motivation, attitudes and perceptions
- Meaning and significance of risk and its management in outdoor recreation and adventure tourism
- Influences on the development of outdoor recreation activities at local and global scales
What you need to know first
Minimum 15 credit points including RECN-109 Recreation Leisure and Culture, RECN-110 Concepts in Sport and Recreation, TOUR-101 Introduction to Tourism or minimum 75 credit points at level 100, 200 or 300 courses
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Outdoor Recreation
Tourism
Adventure Tourism
Future employment opportunities might be
Outdoor Recreation Coordinator
Adventure Tourism Manager
Recreation Planner