Introduction

0.1 Adventure tourism

Adventure tourism is a global industry that is growing in importance. Whether provided on a commercial, not-for-profit or charitable basis, adventure tourism activities involve an accepted, inherent element of risk and challenge. Taking risks brings rewards but also brings dangers. In order to maximize the rewards, adventure tourism activity providers should operate as safely as practicable.

ISO 20611 , ISO 21101, ISO 21102 and ISO 21103 provide a basis for adventure tourism activity providers to plan, deliver and inform about adventure tourism activities as safely as practicable.

Effective implementation of these documents will help consumers and other participants make informed choices about activities and providers.

0.2 Adventure tourism standards

The purpose of these documents is to set out the minimum requirements for safety management systems and information to participants.

The following four documents are independent entities since they apply to different aspects of adventure tourism:

— ISO 20611 : provides requirements and recommendations on good practices for sustainability (environmental, social and economic aspects) for adventure tourism activities.
— ISO 21101 : specifies how the adventure tourism organization manages its operations in terms of safety.

NOTE ISO 21101 – Adventure tourism – Safety management systems ^[ ⁹ ^] is a handbook that offers step-by-step guidance and examples to help small and medium-sized adventure tourism operators to develop, implement and continually improve a safety management system following the requirements of ISO 21101.

— ISO 21102 : specifies the minimum requirements and recommendations of competencies and the related expected results of competencies for adventure tourism activity leaders common to any adventure tourism activity.
— ISO 21103 : specifies the minimum information that shall be communicated to participants and potential participants before, during and after the activity.

0.3 Purpose of this document

Adventure tourism terminology is an important way to align terms to enhance the safe delivery of adventure tourism activities.

This document specifies the most common terms and their definitions used in adventure tourism activities. This document was developed to provide a better understanding of adventure tourism terms and their context within this market.

BS ISO 3163:2022

Adventure tourism. Vocabulary

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Published:

30 Nov 2022