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EXTREMELY GREAT

ATREND THAT IS SEEING a lot of interest in India and around the world is extreme tourism, a niche in the tourism industry involving travel to dangerous places or participation in dangerous events. Be it a trip to space or an expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic, adventurers are shelling out big bucks for that adrenaline rush.

BEYOND THE ORDINARY

While researching the trend of extreme adventure tourism, we came across an experience concept called The Edge of Space, certainly not for the faint-hearted. This entails flying to the edge of space in a MIG 29 fighter jet, undergoing), says “We’ve had a customer do this experience. You need to fly to Russia to do it and you need a host of aviation and health clearances.”

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