Adjectival Tourisms are all those forms of tourism that have an adjective in front of them. I can currently think of two broad forms of adjective tourisms. The first is niche tourism markets -- those that focus on the special interests of particular clients. This is also known as Specialty Tourism.

The second approach consists of ways that academics describing the phenomenon of tourism and broad forms of tourism, including the tourism and travel experience and tourism landscapes and economies. I refer to these as Conceptual Tourisms.

These approaches are both listed below, in separate sections, along with an Unusual Tourisms section for concepts that have been thrown out there, but have not, in my opinion, gained any use. I have also added a Tourism Research Issues list, just because I think it kind of fits here.To get more information on any of the concepts in this hub you can simply search for these terms in your favorite search engine.

Like most of my hubs, this one is for use by my students in the tourism and geography classes that I teach at Northern Arizona University. I placed a version of this list on the 'Tourism' entry in Wikipedia -- but that is not updated as regularly as here.

Suggestions for additions, as well as appropriate links, are welcome in the comments section.

For many of these, the word "Travel" is interchangeable with "Tourism"

1. - Aboriginal Tourism (also Tribal Tourism and Native American Tourism)
2. - Adventure Tourism (usually outdoors)
3. - Aerial Tourism (also Flightseeing)
4. - Agritourism (or Farm Tourism)
5. - Alternative Tourism
6. - Armchair Tourism (also Vicarious Travel -- experiencing travel without traveling)
7. - Atomic Tourism (or Nuclear Tourism)
8. - Atrocity Tourism (also War, Disaster, etc., below)
9. - Audio Tours / Tourism
10. - Backpack Tourism (or Youth Backpack Tourism)
11. - Battlefield Tourism
12. - Beach Tourism (see also SSS, below)
13. - Border Tourism (or Cross-Border Tourism)
14. - Business Travel
15. - Celebrity Tourism (including Delebrity Cruises)
16. - Commodity Tourism (based on fishing, agriculture, etc.; includes Plantation Tourism)
17. - Community Based Tourism (or Community Supported Tourism)
18. - Cruise Tourism
19. - Culinary Tourism
20. - Disaster Tourism
21. - Dark Tourism
22. - Desert Tourism
23. - Dive Tourism (SCUBA)
24. - Drug Tourism (to buy legal or illegal drugs)
25. - Ecotourism (or Eco-tourism in some countries)
26. - Educational Tourism (or Edutourism)
27. - Emersive Tourism (educational, volunteer, adventure and working travel)
28. - Enclave Tourism
29. - Equestrian Tourism
30. - Ethnic Tourism
31. - Event Tourism (or Special Event Tourism, including Festivals)
32. - Extreme Tourism
33. - FIT - Fully Independent Traveler (of Free and Independent Traveler)
34. - Free and Easy Travel (transportation and accommodations only package)
35. - Gambling of Gaming Tourism
36. - Garden Tourism
37. - Gay Tourism (also LGBT Tourism - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender)
38. - Geoparks Tourism (geology-based parks)
39. - Geotourism (related to Sustainable Tourism)
40. - Girlfriend Getaway (all femail trip)
41. - GIT - Group Inclusive Travel (also All Inclusive Holiday, related to Package Tour)
42. - Golf Tourism
43. - Green Tourism (related to Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism)
44. - Greif Tourism (related to Thanatourism)
45. - Health Tourism (or Wellness Tourism; overlap with Medical Tourism and New Age Tourism)
46. - Heritage Tourism
47. - Hobby Tourism
48. - Hot-Spot Tourism (places of current conflict)
49. - Incentive Travel (gift or award vacations for employees)
50. - Inclusive Tourism (for disability travelers)
51. - Island Tourism
52. - Honeymoon (or Second Honeymoon)
53. - Mass Tourism
54. - Medical Tourism
55. - MICE - Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conventions and Exhibitions
56. - Mountain Tourism
57. - New Age Tourism
58. - Nightlife Tourism (also Entertainment Tourism)
59. - Package Tourism (related to GIT)
60. - Perpetual Tourism ("travel as a way of life")
61. - Photography (or Photo) Tourism
62. - Plantation Tourism (Agritourism to tropical plantations)
63. - Poverty Tourism (or Poorism)
64. - Pro-Poor Tourism
65. - Reality Tourism (real world experiences; often related to Responsible Tourism and Poverty Tourism)
66. - Religious Tourism (or Faith Tourism; includes Pilgrimage)
67. - Residential Tourism (retirement in another country)
68. - Responsible Tourism (or Purposeful Tourism)
69. - Reunion Tourism
70. - River Cruise Tourism
71. - Roots Tourism (or Genealogy related tourism)
72. - Rural Tourism
73. - Second Home Tourism (also Vacation Home)
74. - Senior Tourism
75. - Sex Tourism (also Child Sex Tourism)
76. - Shopping Tourism
77. - Social Tourism (meaning social welfare, associated with European communist policies)
78. - Space Tourism
79. - Sports Tourism
80. - SSS - Sun, Sand and Surf (also Sand, Surf and Sex)
81. - Staycation (became widely used in Summer 2008)
82. - Thanatourism (meaning 'death' related tourism)
83. - Urban Tourism
84. - VFR - Visiting Friends and Relatives
85. - Virtual Tourism (a modern form of Armchair Tourism)
86. - Volunteer Tourism (also Voluntourism)
87. - War Tourism
88. - Wine Tourism (a form of Culinary Tourism)
89. - Winter (Sports) Tourism

    
    

These are more on the theoretical and academic concepts of tourism experiences and landscapes.

1. - Active / Passive Tourism
2. - Authentic Tourism (or Tourism and Authenticity)
3. - Behavioral Tourism (studying tourist behavior and decision making)
4. - Clustered Tourism (or Destination Tourism) / Dispersed Tourism (or Touring Tourism)
5. - Existential (Authenticity) Tourism
6. - Experimental / Participatory Tourism
7. - Experiential Tourism
8. - Globalization / Localization / Hybrid Tourism
9. - Inbound/ Outbound Tourism
10. - Inauthentic / Placeless / Staged Tourism
11. - Modern / Postmodern Tourism (or Pomo Tourism and Post-Tourists)
12. - Pro-Poor / Responsible Tourism
13. - Recreational Tourism
14. - Sustainable Tourism
15. - Structured Tourism

These are terms that I have come across, but I consider them concepts that are not yet used in any regular way -- at least not be most people and academics. ...Or perhaps I just feel uncomfortable putting them in either of the lists above.

1. Babymoon (a pre-birth honeymoon)
2. Biotourism (travel to biological sites and sights)
3. Book Town tourism
4. Celebration Vacations
5. Community Assistance Tourism
6. Creative Tourism (tourist participation indestination arts)
7. Deep Tourism (as opposed to shallow or supericial tourism, like "deep ecology")
8. Emo Tourism
9. Genetourism (from the Greek, genesis = birth; tourism to birth places of famous people)
10. Grafitti Tourism (travel to commit grafitti)
11. Infadelity Tourism
12. Intrabound Tourism (intra-regional? - appears on several websites, including Wikipedia, but is never defined)
13. Killing-Fields Tourism (a form of Thanatourism)
14. Lest We Forget Tourism (or Never-Again Tourism, meaning in rememberance of events that we should not forget)
15. Libel Tourism (I am not sure this is really tourism)
16. Mea culpa Tourism (or perhaps Guilt Tourism; related to Lest We Forget Tourism)
17. Mancation (an all male trip)
18. Momcation (for mothers)
19. Pornographic Tourism
20. Purposeful Tourism (also Meaningful Tourism, related to Volunteer Tourism)
21. Riot Tourism 
22. Sado-masochistic Tourism
23. Tummy Tuck Travel (medical tourism for plastic surgery)
24. Ultra Budget Travel

Related to this list is an article on The Worst Travel Trends.

The following list is compiled each year by David L. Edgell (Professor of Tourism, College of Human Ecology, East Carolina University) basedon input from members of the TRINET tourism researchers email list, which consists mostly of academics who study tourism.

TEN IMPORTANT WORLD TOURISM ISSUES

FOR 2009

1. Repercussions of the global economic slowdown on tourism
2. Continued concern for safety and security in tourism
3. Impact of fuel costs on tourism
4. Increased interest in the management of sustainable tourism
5. Upswing in the use of electronic and other technologies in tourism
6. Greater interest in the debate on climate change and tourism
7. Influence of mega events (including festivals) on tourism
8. Strategic tourism planning for communities and nations
9. Introduction of new tourism products; e.g. space tourism
10. Effect of natural and other disasters on tourism

FOR 2008

1. Safety and Security in Tourism
2. Best Practices for Managing Sustainable Tourism
3. New Developments in e-commerce tools in tourism
4. Effect of Climate Change on Tourism
5. Influence of the World’s Economy on Tourism
6. Tourism Policy and Planning
7. Tourism Education and Training
8. Marketing Quality Tourism Products and Experiences
9. Partnerships and Strategic Alliances in Tourism
10. Impact of Natural and Other Disasters and Health Concerns on Tourism