Holiday tourism must not freeze into a passive affair. Do not presume that while on a holiday tour, you lie on a hammock by a breezy sea side and exciting things happen to you on your own. You need to get charged up. A bit of self help will pump your adrenaline. Your holiday tour will catch momentum. Your excitement and the level of thrill will soar. The infrastructure and the means are ready at your service. You need to wake up and explore a bit and become an active participant in your trip to make it complete, exciting and beneficial to your mind and body.

Golfing has become a very popular form of sport worldwide. Countries like US, UK, France, Spain, Italy and Australia have traditionally been known to have the finest eighteen and twenty seven holed golf courses. Currently, nations like Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and India have also done remarkably well in developing full- fledged golf courses of international repute. Lots of meticulous efforts, precision and care have gone into sculpting picturesque golf courses inspiring tourists to participate in an exciting round!

Sometimes very classy looking club houses come up adjacent to golf courses. The interiors have a neat and glossy finish inspiring a sophisticated look. Keeping in tune with the round of golf, best quality booze is served across the club counters to the accompaniment of mouth watering delicacies and soft numbers. Sometimes the drinks come as a surprise complement for the champion golfer. These all are exciting bits of activities spicing up your holiday tour program.

There is an array of activities bouncing with excitement. It lifts the spirit of the tourist and makes holiday tourism an experience worth every dime spent. Without these activities, touring would be a bland scheme. Snorkeling for example exposes the tourist to the under marine paradise sculpted with shells, reefs, sea weeds and flora with a plethora of marine life gliding by like startling angels! All you need is an efficient guide and adequate gear. The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of northern Australia, the Thai beaches, the Andaman Nicobar Islands have great snorkeling sites for tourist entertainment.

While touring to sea side resorts, there is a big choice going for a number of sea and surf inspired activities like wind surfing, kite surfing, high sea cruises and beach volley ball. The famous Mediterranean cruise is popular worldwide, and the beach appeal of Goa in India is no less powerful.

When going on a tour in a mountainous region like the Alpine range, the Andes, the Himalayas in India and Nepal or in the Rockies and Scottish highlands, trekking, hiking, mountain biking and skiing becomes obvious pleasure activities. Apart from having an expert guide and appropriate outfits, physical fitness with a little training are prerequisites. The highlands often have fast flowing water bodies. White water rafting is a thrilling and dangerous sport in a mountainous country. Besides, trout fishing or simply camping by a swirling creek can be as exciting. Kashmir valley in India has superb trout fishing sites.

Biking, playing tennis, horse riding and health spas keeps you in high spirits and physically tuned. You got to have the correct information as regards the availability of these facilities and the charges involved.