Sometimes it happens that tour operators are ready to expand their business, but don’t know how to. Launching a new tour is a great way to do that, especially after your business is already established. If that sounds like something you want to do, here are 101 tour ideas that can serve as inspiration.
PLACE TOURS
Place tours focus on the areas that are being visited. You don’t have to give a lengthy talk about the area, but you do need to know a lot about that one place.
1. Historical Area Tours
These tours focus on buildings of historic importance and usually include lots of information about them, such as what happened there, when it happened and why that’s important. Here are some tour operators that offer this kind of tour:
- MCNY(opens in a new tab) offers Bronx Historical Tours in New York
- Patriot Tours(opens in a new tab) offers a “Revolutionary War Era Walking Tour of Downtown Manhattan”
- The Original Berlin Walks(opens in a new tab) offers a tour on Hitler’s Germany
2. Cemetery Tours
Some might think that graveyards are downright spooky, but there are actually many people interested in cemetery tourism. You can find this in:
- New Orleans, with both Save Our Cemeteries(opens in a new tab) and Haunted Tours(opens in a new tab)
- Paris, with a Tour Of Famous Graves of Père Lachaise, by City Wonders(opens in a new tab)
- Edinburgh, with City of The Dead Tours(opens in a new tab)
3. Underground Tours
Some cities have secrets hidden underneath them – and, of course, there are people who want to explore. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Check out these tours:
- Bill Speidel(opens in a new tab) offers underground tours of Seattle
- The London Underground and Tube Tour by Insider London(opens in a new tab) takes you through the history of the city, from the oldest to the newest Tube station
- American Legacy Tours(opens in a new tab) offers underground tours of Cincinnati, Ohio
4. Bunker Tours
Anyone who’s been in a war can tell it’s no joke. However, curious people from all around the world want to visit the bunkers to see how life during the war was. Check out these tours for ideas:
- The Secret Nuclear Bunker Tour(opens in a new tab), the biggest and deepest cold war bunker open to the public in Southeast England
- The Communism and Nuclear Bunker Tour(opens in a new tab) in Prague
5. War Site Tours
Much like bunkers, war sites intrigue people. There are war site tours, that can be visited with these companies:
- Leger Holidays(opens in a new tab) offers different battlefield tours in Europe
- 2Xplore(opens in a new tab) offers tours of the Flanders Fields, where some of the most important battles of WWI took place
- The Western Front Revisited(opens in a new tab) offers tours of many battlefields in Europe
6. Religious Site Tours
For people of faith, it’s really common to want to visit places related to their religion. That’s why there are many travel agencies offering pilgrimage tours. But tour operators can take advantage of this as well. Take a look at these tours:
- Celina Tours(opens in a new tab) in Portugal offers day tours of Fatima, a town famous for the Marian apparitions in 1917
- Himalayan Glacier Adventure and Travel Company(opens in a new tab) offers a multi-day tour that visits various significant landmarks from the life of Buddha
- Go Jerusalem(opens in a new tab) offers a Jewish Heritage Tour of this city that is important to many Abrahamic religions
7. Historical Site Tours
Historical or heritage sites are sought because they offer cultural insight into the past. These are some places they can be visited:
- In North Carolina, three tours are offered by Beaufort Historic Site(opens in a new tab)
- The Tahoe Historic Foundation(opens in a new tab) offers tours at the Tallac Historic Site, which includes the Baldwin Estate, the Pope Estate, and Valhalla
- Missouri State Parks(opens in a new tab) also offers tours of their historical sites
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