An Exploratory Study to Develop a Geotourism Typology Model

Hurtado, Hasoly P.; Dowling, Ross; Sanders, Dale

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“…Mikhailenko et al [35] proposed aesthetics-based classification of geological structures which has promising potential to facilitate identification of geological areas interesting to a wide range of visitors. The models which focus on studying tourist visitors to geotourism destinations include the Geotraveler Tendency Scale [36] and a geotourism typology model [37].…”

Section: Research Trends In Geotourism Which Have Evolved Over the Pamentioning

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Geotourism: A Systematic Literature Review

2018

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Geotourism is one of the newest concepts within tourism studies today. The popularity of geotourism has likewise grown rapidly over the past few decades. This rapidly growing popularity and the growing body of research on geotourism create the need for a comprehensive review of existing literature on the subject. The present study aims to systematically review scientific literature on geotourism published over the past two decades by identifying what knowledge has been produced on geotourism in the scientific literature and by analyzing the evolving research trends in geotourism during the same time period. The results reveal that researchers are placing an increasing focus on geotourism. A geographical analysis of the study areas indicates a true global distribution, encompassing studies of 53 countries altogether. Most of the research focusses on identifying, describing, and assessing the geoheritage of the areas in question together with their geotourism potential. The volume of research on these topics is growing at a rapid pace. Other common research topics as regards geotourism include management of geotourism and geoheritage, new geosite/geomorphosite assessment models, together with other methodological approaches. The results further indicate that researchers are less interested in geotourism stakeholders such as tourists and local communities, and that only a very small number of studies examine geotourism in the context of sustainable development. The vast majority of the studies utilize empirical data as the basis of the research or for the testing of proposed models and methodology. The present review identifies a need for a larger body of empirical research focusing on (i) sustainability of geotourism, including actual impacts of geotourism on the geoheritage and on the ecosystems of geotourism areas, (ii) knowledge on effective management of the main challenges of geotourism, as well as (iii) on stakeholders and their complex interrelations, including the effects of geotourism on local communities and their well-being.

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Section: Research Trends In Geotourism Which Have Evolved Over the Pamentioning

confidence: 99%

Geotourism: A Systematic Literature Review

2018

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“…Research by Hose [17] identi ed two main typologies within geotourism: the 'dedicated geotourist' who places great importance on personal education/intellectual gain and enjoyment, and the 'casual geotourist' who prioritises pleasure. This approach of categorizing is similar to the model constructed later in the study of Hurtado, Dowling and Sanders [24] which applied the McKercher's cultural tourism typology on geotourism. However, this study indicated many layers in between the two which were given by Hose [17].…”

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“…Hose [25] also developed a detailed typology of dedicated geotourists Unauthenticated Download Date | 5/13/18 9:00 AM based on observational studies, identifying up to 13 subcategories. Hurtado et al [24] indenti ed ve types of geotourists: The purposeful geotourist, the intentional geotourist, the serendipitous geotourist, the accidental geotourist and the incidental geotourist. When determining the market segments for this study we focused on Hose's [17] typology and derived two market segments -general (accidental) geotourists which can be related to Hose's casual geotourist (individuals who visit geosites and exhibits primarily for the purpose of pleasure and some limited intellectual stimulation) and pure geotourists (individuals who purposefully select to visit geosites and exhibits for the purpose of personal educational or intellectual improvement and enjoyment) which can be related to Hose's dedicated geotourists.…”

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“…When determining the market segments for this study we focused on Hose's [17] typology and derived two market segments -general (accidental) geotourists which can be related to Hose's casual geotourist (individuals who visit geosites and exhibits primarily for the purpose of pleasure and some limited intellectual stimulation) and pure geotourists (individuals who purposefully select to visit geosites and exhibits for the purpose of personal educational or intellectual improvement and enjoyment) which can be related to Hose's dedicated geotourists. The reason for choosing this typology lies in the fact that geotourism in Serbia is still not developed on a larger scale so we cannot derive such a detailed typology with many distinctive layers as the one presented by Hurtado et al [24].…”

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Canyons and gorges as potential geotourism destinations inSerbia: comparative analysis from two perspectives – generalgeotourists’ and pure geotourists’

Kovačić

Tomić

2015

Open Geosciences

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Serbia represents one of those countries whichhave not yet di erentiated themselves on the world tourism map. However, it has an immense but still unrevealed potential for geotourism development. In this paper we analyzed several remarkable canyons and gorges of great scienti c importance and geotourism potential. These sites include the Djerdap Gorge and Lazar River Canyon, located in Eastern Serbia and the Ovčar-Kablar Gorge and Uvac Canyon located in Western Serbia. One of the main goals of this paper was to analyze and compare the current state and tourism potential of these geosites by using the M-GAM model for geosite assessment. However, the principal aim of the paper is to analyze how important is each subindicator in the assessment process for di erent market segments. In this paper, we also analyzed how giving di erent importance to subindicators can in uence the position of the geosites in the matrix indicating different assessment done by two chosen market segments. The research showed that general geotourists appreciate considerably di erent values when assessing a geosite in comparison to pure geotourists. The paper can be used as framework for developing the tourism management strategy of geosites taking into consideration the needs and preferences of the target market segments.

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“…The results indicated that EnJ is the most important motivational factor, which differs from previous studies on the motives of other nature-based tourists, in which knowledge seeking was found to be the most important motive (Beaumont 2011;Eagles 1992;Luo and Deng 2008). As a subset of nature-based tourists, geotourists may exhibit different travel motivations in that they may be more influenced by the socio-psychological motivation to admire and enjoy the geopark than by intellectual curiosity about geological knowledge (Hurtado et al 2013). However, the escape factor was cited as the least important motive, which is similar to the findings for other nature-based tourists (Fung and Jim 2015a).…”

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The Effect of Geopark Visitors’ Travel Motivations on their Willingness to pay for Accredited Geo-guided Tours

Cheung

2015

Geoheritage

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This study investigated the travel motivations of visitors to a geopark and their willingness to pay (WTP) for an accredited geo-guided tour by employing the contingent valuation method (CVM). Questionnaire surveys were administered at the geological sites of Hong Kong Global Geopark of China, and 310 completed questionnaires were collected. The results showed that the geopark visitors were willing to pay a price premium for the accredited geo-guided tour: They were willing to pay an average HK$165.3 for the accredited tour, which is HK$34.5 higher than the price that they were willing to pay for the non-accredited counterpart. The results further suggested that the geopark visitors were motivated by four factors: 'novelty seeking', 'enjoyment', 'social interaction' and 'escaping'. Three of these motivational factors were found to be significantly associated with visitors' WTP. The empirical study reveals a number of unexplored areas in the field of geotourism research, and the findings could be used by geotour operators to evaluate their pricing policies and to identify potential geopark visitors who would be interested in and willing to pay for accredited geo-guided tours. In addition, the results could be important for organisations implementing an accreditation system to facilitate the evaluation of the role of such a system in geopark visitors' choice of geotourism services or products.

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An Exploratory Study to Develop a Geotourism Typology Model

Cited by 34 publications

References 18 publications

Geotourism: A Systematic Literature Review

Geotourism: A Systematic Literature Review

Canyons and gorges as potential geotourism destinations inSerbia: comparative analysis from two perspectives – generalgeotourists’ and pure geotourists’

The Effect of Geopark Visitors’ Travel Motivations on their Willingness to pay for Accredited Geo-guided Tours

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