geotourism
Sign in to saveAlso known as geological tourism, geological phenomenal tourism
thumb|upright=1.2|Geological sustainable tourism aims to conserve and promote a place as a geosite, such as the [[Iguazu Falls in South America]]
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Definitions of modern geotourism
- Geotourism (abiotic nature-based tourism), a new approach
- Comparison with ecotourism
- Sectors
- Geotourism Marketing
- Geosites
- The Example of Geotourism
- Geodiversity
- Geotrails
- Geoparks
- Geoconservation
- Sustainable Practices and Community Impact in Geotourism
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Geological sustainable tourism aims to conserve and promote a place as a geosite, such as the [[Iguazu Falls in South America]]
Geotourism is tourism associated with geological attractions and destinations. Geotourism (tourism with a geological base) deals with the abiotic natural and built environments. Geotourism was first defined in England by Thomas Alfred Hose in 1995.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “geotourism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.