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Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years. [PDF]

Nature
Markowska M, Vonhof HB, Groucutt HS, Breeze PS, Drake N, Stewart M, Albert R, Andrieux E, Blinkhorn J, Boivin N, Budsky A, Clark-Wilson R, Fleitmann D, Gerdes A, Martin AN, Martínez-García A, Nicholson SL, Price GJ, Scerri EML, Scholz D, Vanwezer N, Weber M, Alsharekh AM, Al Omari AA, Al-Mufarreh YSA, Al-Jibreen F, Alqahtani M, Al-Shanti M, Zalmout I, Petraglia MD, Haug GH.   +30 more
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Measuring Geotourism

Journal of Travel Research, 2010
Geotourism is tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place, including its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a scale measuring geotraveler tendencies (GTS).
B. Bynum Boley, Norma Polovitz Nickerson, Keith Bosak   +2 more
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Setting an agenda for geotourism

, 2010
Travel to and appreciation of natural landscapes and geological phenomena continues to grow as a niche area of tourism. Despite economic recessions, political problems, the increasing price of oil and even the risk of natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, people still yearn for new experiences and need to fulfil that deep aspect our humanity ...
Newsome, D., Dowling, R.K.
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Research Trends in Geotourism: A Bibliometric Analysis Using the Scopus Database [PDF]

Geosciences, 2020
Geodiversity has elements of exceptional scientific value that are considered to represent geoheritage, or geological heritage. One way to conserve and promote the knowledge of these elements is through the initiatives of United Nations Educational ...
Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Nestor Montalvan-Burbano, Maria Jaya-Montalvo   +2 more
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The nature and management of geotourism: A case study of two established iconic geotourism destinations

Tourism Management Perspectives, 2012
Regional and global geopark networks are rapidly expanding internationally. A key impetus for their establishment is local community development through geotourism, or tourism that is based on sites of geological interest.
Yu-Fai Leung, David Newsome
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Some Comments to Geosite Assessment, Visitors, and Geotourism Sustainability

Sustainability, 2018
Geotourism as a globally growing phenomenon is based on several principles where sustainability plays a key role. The value of an individual site of visitors’ interest (geosite, geomorphosite, or site of geological heritage—a primary point of
Branislav Krsak, Lubomír Štrba
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Geotourism: the tourism of geology and landscapes and Global geotourism perspectives

Journal of Heritage Tourism, 2011
Geotourism: the tourism of geology and landscapes, edited by David Newsome and Ross K. Dowling, Woodeaton, Goodfellow Publishers, 2010, xii + 320 pp., £55.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-906884-09-3/£31.99 (e...
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GEOTOURISM ROUTES AND GEOTOURS IN THE WEST OF UKRAINE: STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

PROBLEMS OF GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE UKRANIAN CARPATHIANS AND ADJACENT AREAS, 2023
The paper analyzes the current state of geotourism routes and geotours in the west of Ukraine from the point of view of experience and practice of European geotourism. Geotourism routes are considered as a kind of thematic tourist routes with educational specialization.
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Geotourism and interpretation

2006
This came from a working definition for research (Hose, 1994a: 2) informally undertaken for English Nature on ‘site-specific geological interpretation’ at Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and subsequently developed (Hose, 1996) and refined (Hose, 2000a: 136) to:The provision of interpretative facilities and services to promote the value and
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Geotourism in Turkey

2016
Geotourism is a form of niche tourism focusing on the visitation of geological and geomorphological sites in rural areas and aiming at educating visitors about the Earth’s heritage. Turkey has a very rich geodiversity due to its geological and geographic heritage.
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