Drive Tourism

Travel has been a euphoric recreational activity of people for centuries. When it takes place with the freedom of movement, its experience is greatly enhanced. Some people prefer to enjoy the experience of movement by driving a vehicle to visit places and this preference has led to the rise of Drive Tourism, often used interchangeably with the term self-drive tourism. As the name indicates, drive tourism encompasses travel by tourists who essentially drive along a touristic route to a destination or multiple destinations with the purpose of visit. The vehicle used for travel can be any motorized vehicle with the mainly user vehicles being a car, motorcycle, or different types of RVs. Drive tourism has been growing and is poised for further growth as the ownership and usage of automobiles are increasing remarkably. Even the emerging markets and developing countries in the world are recording exponential growth in the automobile sector, and all that directly or indirectly facilitates the development of drive tourism significantly. Self-drive tourism has been considered one of the most important market segments for decades.