Luxury Travel & Lifestyle Trends

To meet the ever-changing travel desires of consumers with new experiences, we’re seeing ever-fracturing niches in travel So far we’ve seen the likes of religious tourism, beekeeping tourism, graffiti tourism, danger tourism, and grief tourism.

Last year, we zeroed in on an interesting new travel niche: on an offshoot of eco-tourism called beekeeping tourism. This travel trend was essentially launched in Slovenia, which has a rich ancestry in beekeeping and uses the sweet sticky stuff in much of its cuisine. Since then, beekeeping has proven to be a robust micro niche for food and travel.

We’ve heard of ever-fracturing niches in travel, but we were intrigued to read about an offshoot of eco-tourism – beekeeping tourism! And Slovenia appears to have cornered the market with its new slogan “Slovenia – A Land of Great Beekeepers.”