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Adventure Travel Specialists


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Adventure Travel Specialists

Introduction

Adventure travel specialists develop, plan, and lead people on tours of places and activities that are unfamiliar to them. Most adventure travel trips involve physical participation and/or a form of environmental education. A whitewater rafting trip, a mountain climbing expedition, or a safari are just some examples of adventure travel. Organized adventure travel has grown rapidly in popularity over the past few decades. Adventure travel specialists are also known as adventure outfitters, adventure travel guides, <...

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Median Salary

$25,664

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Employment Prospects

Good

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Minimum Education Level

High School Diploma
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Experience

Prior work or volunteering at an adventure travel company


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Skills

Business Management
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Personality Traits

Athletic
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Earnings

There is very little information available on what adventure travel specialists earn. Those who work in the field may find that they have peak and slack times of the year that correspond to weather conditions or vacation and travel seasons. Specialists, especially those just starting out in this line of work, may find they need to work two or three seasonal jobs in different locations and for d...

Work Environment

Depending on where they work, an average day for adventure travel specialists might be anything from planning tours in the comfort of an air-conditioned office to leading a safari through southern Africa. Tour planners may do the majority of their work in comfortable offices. However, they need to spend some time in the field to better plan adventure tours. How can they recommend an activity wi...

Outlook

One-half of all U.S. traveling adults, or about 98 million people, have taken an adventure trip in their lifetime, according to the Adventure Travel Report. This indicates that the market for adventure travel is quite large and is likely growing.

According to a 2018 Allied Market Research report, the global market for adventure tourism reached $586.3 billion in 2018. Following c...