What is an expedition? How does it differ from a tourist trip or a regular walk? What types of expeditions exist? Let's try to answer all these questions together.
The variety of forms of tourism
Expedition, travel, walk, hike, excursion - all this can be considered forms of one type of human activity, tourism. True, in this list it is worth highlighting only one point - the expedition. After all, it is significantly different from all other forms.
If a hiking trip sets itself the goal to go a certain route, and the tour is to visit a set of specific attractions, then the expedition sets itself completely different tasks. This is a specific journey carried out for research purposes. Accordingly, the process of preparing and conducting such an event directly has its own characteristics.
An expedition is ... Types of expeditions
The term itself comes from the Latin word expeditio, which, in fact, translates as “campaign”, “journey”. This is a long trip, which is carried out for any scientific, research or educational purpose. The range of problems studied can be very diverse. Members of the expedition can explore the flora, relief, soil, culture and traditions of a particular region or, for example, the manifestations of the social life of a big city.
The expedition may include overcoming natural barriers (mountain passes, rivers, caves, etc.). Therefore, its members must be well prepared physically.
The main types of expeditions include the following:
- scientific;
- field
- experimental;
- geological;
- botanical;
- ethnographic;
- architectural and others
By territorial coverage, they can be international and regional, by the method of transportation - on foot, by car, by bicycle or by sea.
A special type of expedition travel is scientific expedition. They can be both complex and narrow-profile. A modern scientific expedition is a very difficult event to prepare and implement. As a rule, it involves a wide range of different specialists, as well as a number of devices and special equipment.
One way or another, each expedition is unique in its own way. One of them can observe changes in the color of water in the Amazon, and the other can study the number of stray dogs in Detroit.