Geotourism’s Global Growth

Dowling, Ross

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“…In our case, geotourism plays a primary role. Geotourism, similar to other nature-based tourism forms (e.g., ecotourism), is a globally growing phenomenon [20]. This concept is mostly developed in geoparks.…”

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Some Comments to Geosite Assessment, Visitors, and Geotourism Sustainability

2018

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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 interest in geotourism) may be expressed via specific assessment methods. However, recent geosite assessment methods are primarily focused on various aspects of geoheritage (e.g., location, scientific value, representativeness, etc.) and very low attention is paid to the majority of geotourism participants-people for whom the various geotourism products are introduced and offered. The geotourism development itself would not be possible without interest of tourists (visitors) in such places. Without the knowledge of relevant visitor data incorporated within the assessment, as discussed in this paper, such values, representing the result of the geosite assessment process, cannot be effectively utilized to help future geosite development and management activities related to overall (geo)tourism progress.

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Some Comments to Geosite Assessment, Visitors, and Geotourism Sustainability

2018

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“…This economic activity fosters geoheritage conservation through appropriate sustainability measures that increase the public understanding of the history of Life on Earth, including its dynamics and mechanisms, through interpretation and education [5]. It can also represent an important income for local communities if they become involved in the promotion of São Tomé geological attractions as geo-tour guides, thus enriching an incipient nature-based tourism already in progress on the archipelago.…”

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Geoheritage at the Equator: Selected Geosites of São Tomé Island (Cameron Line, Central Africa)

Henriques

Neto

2015

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This work presents, for the first time, an overview of the rich geodiversity outcropping in the São Tomé island, one of the two islands that make up the archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe, the second smallest state of Africa in area. Located at the equator, in the alignment known as the "Cameroon Volcanic Line", this archipelago represents a privileged area for the comparative study between oceanic and continental alkaline volcanism, and therefore between the subcontinental and suboceanic mantle. Ten geosites of São Tomé island were selected, described and evaluated on the basis of their geoheritage value and using a qualitative system of classification, which integrates both the meaning attributed to the objects by scientific communities and the public understanding of such meanings related to its social use. The selected geosites display different heritage values (documental, scenic, symbolic, iconographic and indicial) potentially usable for different purposes, namely scientific and educational, but mostly tourism. Geotourism can play a key role in the promotion of sustainable development in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, and the geosites here described are likely to ground a geo-itinerary on this "pearl" of the Cameron Line. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 649

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“…Once evaluated and eventually classified, geological heritage requires further management measures, which involve decision actions aiming at the conservation and valuation of the geological heritage in order to increase the territorial capabilities, namely tourism capabilities, as a result of the positive articulation between the natural values and the local development strategies that can enhance local incomes [30,34,79,80]. Furthermore, at this stage, communication is a key factor to assist the decision-making process.…”

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“…The conservation of a site as a protected area or any other legal instrument is a decision-making process, involving the stakeholders' appreciation regarding the economic incomes for the region, namely through geotourism [27,28], thus creating a benefit for local communities, encouraging commercially-successful and environmentally-sound tourism operations [29,30].…”

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Community Involvement in Geoconservation: A Conceptual Approach Based on the Geoheritage of South Angola

Tavares

Henriques

Domingos³

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Abstract:In this work, it is argued that effective protection of geological objects displaying heritage value requires the local community's involvement in all geoconservation actions, i.e., inventory, evaluation, conservation, valuation and monitoring procedures, and not only at the final part of the process, when it is expected from local communities that the physical integrity of such objects is guaranteed. Community involvement in geoheritage inventory and evaluation procedures can be appraised by using a classification system that integrates both the geoheritage properties displayed by the geological objects and usually recognized by geoscientists (i.e., relevance grade) and the social role attributed to geological objects by communities outside Earth scientists that arise from the public perception of such objects (i.e., abstract perceptiveness). Using two case studies from southern Angola (Huíla Province) where both social and scientific OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 4894 components were taken into account in geoheritage evaluation procedures (Tundavala and Leba geosites), we propose a conceptual community-based model, which can be applicable to geoconservation purposes and actions in other African regions and converging with the main goals of the "African Alive Corridors" initiative.

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Geotourism’s Global Growth

Cited by 428 publications

References 3 publications

Some Comments to Geosite Assessment, Visitors, and Geotourism Sustainability

Some Comments to Geosite Assessment, Visitors, and Geotourism Sustainability

Geoheritage at the Equator: Selected Geosites of São Tomé Island (Cameron Line, Central Africa)

Community Involvement in Geoconservation: A Conceptual Approach Based on the Geoheritage of South Angola

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