Extreme Tourism Goes Mainstream: Are We Monetizing Danger?
From skydiving over Dubai’s dunes to paragliding into active Icelandic volcanoes, extreme adventures once reserved for professional thrill-seekers are now available to anyone with a credit card. Operators market these experiences as “controlled risk,” but the $2,500 price tags and growing accident rates raise serious ethical questions. Are we empowering travelers—or commercializing recklessness? Social media…