Aerial Geotourism: New Branch of Geotourism for Promoting Geoconservation (Examples from Iran)

Maghsoudi, Mehran; Moradi, Amir; Moradipour, Fatemeh

doi:10.1007/s12371-020-00526-8

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“…Their results further emphasize the importance of sustainable management in geotourism. Maghsoudi et al (2021), pointed out in the study the connection of earth science, geotourism and aviation together. For the first time, they come up with the term aerial geotourism, which, according to the authors, encompasses various aspects of tourism, recreation, aesthetics, education, interpretation, understanding, geohistory and geoconservation by flying over geological landscapes in natural, urban and rural areas.…”

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Geoturism and Its Sustainable Products in Destination Management

Šambronská¹,

Matušíková²,

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et al. 2023

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Geographical knowledge of the country can be one of the leading assumptions that allow the tourism development. It enables a more detailed specification of the dominant potential for its further development. Considering the current significant need to create a sustainable product, the natural conditions together with destination management can be key elements for the future course of the tourism sphere. The aim of the study was to find out the preferences of visitors to selected geolocations in the Spiš region, specifically within the offered geotourism products. To fulfil the goal, the questionnaire as a key method was used and subsequently tested by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Spearman's Rho test, coefficient of determination R2, F-test with Fisher's criterion. It can be concluded that the potential of the Spiš region is perceived as attractive. Based on results, the uniqueness of the main geoproduct offer is in montanistics.

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confidence: 99%