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Sumaco Volcano (Ecuador): Integral Approach to its Geotourism Potential

open access: yes, 2023
Sumaco is the easternmost active volcano in Ecuador, and is in the sub-Andean zone, towards the northwest of the country, and located in the Pleistocene Napo Uplift.
Kathleen Vélez-Macías   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Geotourism management for sustainable development of tourism: A bibliometric analysis of the main research areas and domains of knowledge

open access: yesEnlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal, 2023
Geotourism has attracted an increasing academic interest in recent years due to the new demands of society for sustainable and alternative destinations and its their effective management is essential.
Rocío Hernández-Garrido   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low‐cost smartphone LiDAR for 3D cave mapping: comparing mobile and terrestrial laser scanning methods

open access: yesGeology Today, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 147-153, May/June 2026.
This article demonstrates how a built‐in mobile‐device LiDAR sensor can be used to produce practical and reliable 3D cave models. Using Agios Georgios Cave in Kilkis, Greece, as a real field example, an iPhone 13 Pro Max equipped with the Polycam app was used to document cave passages, chambers and the vertical connection between levels.
Despoina Dora   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Geotourism and Geoparks: Is Africa missing out on this new mechanism for the development of sustainable tourism? [PDF]

open access: yesGeoconservation Research, 2019
This paper uses sustainable tourism development paradigm to demonstrate the economic, social-cultural and environmental potentialities presented by ‘Geotourism’ and its primary product ‘Geoparks’ in the quest for sustainable tourism development in Africa.
Percy Mabvuto Ngwira
doaj   +1 more source

Geotourism potential of coal mines: An appraisal of Sonepur-Bazari open cast project, India

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021
Geotourism at the mining site is setting a trend in many countries, as this results into preservation of mining-geoheritage and brings extra revenue.
Ravi S. Singh, Payel Ghosh
doaj   +1 more source

Rangitīkei River Terraces Formed During the Otira Glaciation: Lithostratigraphic Type Sections, Review and Conceptual Model

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 1, March 2026.
The Rangitīkei Valley in the lower North Island of New Zealand contains flights of river terraces that are influenced by changes in sediment supply, stream power and base level associated with Quaternary climate events over the last ∼350 thousand years.
Callum Rees, Alan Palmer, Utiku Potaka
wiley   +1 more source

Book review: Dictionary of geotourism

open access: yes, 2021
This book is a companion to The Principles of Geotourism (Chen, Lu, & Ng, 2015). That book and the Dictionary of Geotourism are two great contributions to the literature by the esteemed Chinese geologist Professor Anze Chen.
Ross K. Dowling, Dowling, Ross K.
core   +1 more source

Trends and Challenges of Sustainable Rural Tourism in the Face of Artificial Intelligence: A Bibliometric Analysis

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 676-695, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This study explores the development of sustainable rural tourism through a multidisciplinary approach, integrating economic, technological, and environmental perspectives. It aims to analyze research trends, key contributors, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of rural tourism.
Ana M. Sánchez‐Sánchez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a Rock Garden at Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, Harrisonburg VA (U.S.A.) as a Resource for Promoting Geotourism

open access: yes, 2020
Virginia is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States of America that offers spectacular sceneries and varied geologic history that covers about 1.5 billion years. A rock garden was developed at the Edith J.
Chiara Elmi   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The role of virtual field trips in Geography higher education: A perspective paper

open access: yesArea, Volume 57, Issue 3, September 2025.
Abstract In this perspective paper, we explore the role virtual field trips (VFTs) may play in creating a more resilient, sustainable and equitable field education for Geography students in higher education as we move away from the pandemic but into a financially precarious higher education environment.
Elizabeth R. Hurrell   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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