What is water based tourism?

Water-based tourism is comprised of numerous leisure activities and visiting various locations including beaches, diving or snorkelling, marinas, sailing or boating water sports centres, inland or sea angling, costal and waterway walks, water or marine-themed visitor centres or whale and dolphin watching, to name a few (Ireland Marine Institute, 2006). People gain great enjoyment out of all of these activities and often travel large distances to experience them.