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Geoparks and Geotourism in China: A Sustainable Approach to Geoheritage Conservation and Local Development—A Review

open access: yesLand, 2022
Geoparks and geotourism are relatively new activities within tourism. However, both have grown rapidly over the past decade. Geoparks, as an innovation for the conservation of geoheritage, play an important role in the development of geotourism ...
Kejian Xu, Wenhui Wu
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Analysing Push and Pull Motives for Volcano Tourism at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper investigates the motivations of visitors undertaking a volcano tour at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. The study identifies push and pull motives for visiting a non-erupting active volcano; tests the influence of age, gender and prior ...
Aquino, R, Hyde, K, Schanzel, H
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Geotourism – a short introduction

open access: yesActa geographica Slovenica, 2011
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Hose, Thomas A.   +3 more
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The English Origins of Geotourism (as a Vehicle for Geoconservation) and Their Relevance to Current Studies

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 2011
This paper contextualises the recognition of the geotourism concept. It stresses the underpinning geoconservation purpose that drove its development in England. It notes the multidisciplinary nature of geotourism research.
Thomas A. Hose
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Climate Change and Geotourism: Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities

open access: yesTourism and Hospitality, 2023
Climate change and rising sea levels present significant challenges for geotourism destinations and activities. Accelerated changes in geomorphological processes threaten or diminish both the physical existence and aesthetic qualities of geoheritage ...
John E. Gordon
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Geoturism: the Step from a Resource to an Attraction

open access: yesTerr@ Plural, 2017
The use of the term Geotourism is much prior to the creation of Geoparks and not exclusive to them, although it is in this type of area where you can know the true extent of geotourism.
Guillermo Meléndez-Hevia   +2 more
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Assessing Geotourism Resources on a Local Level: A Case Study from Southern Moravia (Czech Republic)

open access: yesResources, 2019
In the last decades, the geotourism has shown a considerable growth all over the world and it is appreciated and accepted as a useful tool for promoting natural and cultural heritage and for fostering local and regional economic development, especially ...
Lucie Kubalíková
doaj   +1 more source

Aptian–Albian deposits of the Ait Ourir basin (High Atlas, Morocco): New additional data on their paleoenvironment, sedimentology, and palaeogeography

open access: yesOpen Geosciences, 2020
This sedimentological and palaeontological analysis of the Aptian–Albian sedimentary succession of the Ait Ourir basin in the High Atlas Mountains of Marrakesh in Morocco provides new data from a previously poorly understood basin.
Hadach Fatiha   +3 more
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The different shades of responsibility: examining domestic and international travelers' motivations for responsible tourism in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
To address the scarcity of research concerning the demand side of responsible tourism, the present study examines the motivations of domestic and international travelers in India.
Day, Jonathon   +4 more
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Assessment of geosites as a basis for geotourism development: A case study of the Toplica District, Serbia

open access: yesOpen Geosciences, 2023
Toplica district represents an area in Southern Serbia with significant forms of geoheritage that have not been valorized yet. The aim of this pioneering study is to systematically analyze and evaluate all manifestations of the geodiversity in the ...
Ivanović Marko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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