Perceptions of Challenge and Risk
As is apparen from the above discussion, the individual is at the center of the movement in both geographical and psychological terms. Yet, to date individual differences in perception of challenges and risks resulting from variation in people’s personality and previous travel experience have not entered the discussion on adventure tourism. In this respect individuals vary in their approaches and strategies to situations posing challenges and risks (Knowles 1976) and in their perceptions of what constitutes them. These perceptions are partly a result of assessing one’s specific skills. They are, however, also a matter of how one is predisposed to regard situations of challenge and risk in general.