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Adventure Travel Specialists Take Customers Beyond the Beach - Skift
Specialists in adventure travel are seeing massive growth as clients are seeking out alternatives to the traditional beach resort vacation.
“Every year we have more clients and more travelers who are willing to stay away from resorts and who want to be active and enjoy the outdoors,” said Emmanuel Burgio, president of Blue Parallel, a luxury boutique travel agency in Potomac, Maryland, founded in 2003.
This important trend is fueled by travelers of all ages who are pursuing unique and unmanufactured experiences, according to Christina Beckmann, senior director of strategy and impact for the for-profit Adventure Travel Trade Association.
Eighty-six percent of respondents to the 2018 Adventure Travel Trade Association survey logged year-over-year growth in adventure travel sales in the last three years. More than half of their adventure travel customers were ages 41 to 60. The survey, which was emailed November 26, was sent to more than 1,000 adventure tour operators in the association’s database. Respondents received a $50 credit for completing it.
Specialists in adventure travel are seeing massive growth as clients are seeking out alternatives to the traditional beach resort vacation.
“Every year we have more clients and more travelers who are willing to stay away from resorts and who want to be active and enjoy the outdoors,” said Emmanuel Burgio, president of Blue Parallel, a luxury boutique travel agency in Potomac, Maryland, founded in 2003.
This important trend is fueled by travelers of all ages who are pursuing unique and unmanufactured experiences, according to Christina Beckmann, senior director of strategy and impact for the for-profit Adventure Travel Trade Association.
Eighty-six percent of respondents to the 2018 Adventure Travel Trade Association survey logged year-over-year growth in adventure travel sales in the last three years. More than half of their adventure travel customers were ages 41 to 60. The survey, which was emailed November 26, was sent to more than 1,000 adventure tour operators in the association’s database. Respondents received a $50 credit for completing it.
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