ISO 21101: A Simple Guide to Adventure Tourism Safety

Adventure tourism activities—ziplining, trekking, kayaking, ATV rides, and even city tours—are exciting, but they also come with risks. ISO 21101:2014 Adventure Tourism Safety Management Systems helps operators plan, manage, and control these risks so guests enjoy safe, memorable experiences.

What ISO 21101 Really Means

ISO 21101 guides adventure tourism operators to:

• Identify activity-related hazards
• Assess and control risks
• Prepare for emergencies
• Train staff and communicate safety requirements
• Maintain equipment and manage contractors
• Continuously improve safety performance

Why It Matters for Adventure Tourism Providers

Whether you manage jungle trekking, river cruise, zipline, ATV, rock climbing or city-based tourism activities, participants expect safety to be taken seriously.

ISO 21101 helps you build trust, reduce incidents, strengthen credibility with authorities, and deliver safer experiences that keep customers returning.

The Challenge: Documentation

Many operators struggle with manuals, procedures, risk assessments, emergency response plans, participant briefings, and forms. Most delays come from documentation—not implementation.

Introducing the ISO 21101 Document Kit by KLS Academy

Our ready-to-use, fully editable ISO 21101 Document Kit helps you implement the standard quickly without starting from zero.

• Adventure Tourism Safety Manual
• Procedures (Risk Assessment, Emergency Response, Monitoring & Measurement, etc.)
• Work Instructions
• Forms, Logs & Checklists
• Activity Risk Assessments (Zipline, Kayaking, Trekking, Rock Climbing, ATV + more)
• Participant Briefing & Safety Communication Tools

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Who Is This For?

• Adventure parks
• Trekking & wilderness operators
• Kayak, river cruise & rafting operators
• Zipline & high-rope activities
• ATV & outdoor sports groups
• Urban tourism agencies
• Resorts, glamping sites & theme parks

Start Safe, Stay Safe

Implementing ISO 21101 doesn’t have to be complicated. With the KLS Academy ISO 21101 Document Kit, you get a ready-to-implement, compliant foundation—saving weeks of work and improving safety consistency.

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