If tourists are costing the organization of their trip without the participation of the organizers of tourism, in this case - is tourism (and all its variants) - the amateur.Amateur tourism - a specific kind of tourist public (recreational) activities carried out on a voluntary basis without the participation of amateur (or without participation in the main part of the travel arrangements), the organizers of tourism (tour operators and travel agencies).

Amateur tourism based on the activities of individuals and small tourist groups, voluntary tourism associations, unions and tourist clubs that voluntarily participate in the organization and implementation of tourism, publish their own regulations governing tourist activities, conduct tours, tourist gatherings and competitions, publish their own Tourism methodical literature and periodicals. There is a judicial body that sets the title of the active participants of categorical tourism: mountain climbing, biking, boating canoeing, boating, rafting, etc.