The geotourism industry in the 21st century : the origin, principles, and futuristic approach / edited by Bahram Nekouie Sadry.

"Here is an engaging overview of the development of, definition of, and approach to modern geotourism, a growing movement to help sustain and showcase the distinctive geographical characteristics of many places around the world. This volume, The Geotourism Industry in the 21st Century: The Orig...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Nikūʼī Ṣadrī, Bahrām, 1973 or 1974- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, ON, Canada ; Palm Bay, Florida, USA : Apple Academic Press, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • The scope and nature of geotourism in the 21st century / Bahram N. Sadry
  • Historical viewpoints on the geotourism concept in the 21st century / Thomas A. Hose
  • Urban geotourism in Poland / Krzysztof Gaidzik
  • Mining heritage as geotourism attractions in Brazil / Antonio Liccardo, Virginio Mantesso-Neto, and Marcos Antonio Leite do Nascimento
  • Geomorphosites : aesthetic landscape features or earth history heritage? / Emmanuel Reynard
  • Geoheritage and geotourism in Albania / Afat Serjani
  • Establishing an appropriate methodology for the management of geological heritage for geotourism development in the Azores Unesco Global Geopark / Eva Almeida Lima and Marisa Machado
  • "Simply the best" : the search for the world's top geotourism destinations / Murray Gray
  • Interpreting mining : a case study of a coal mine exhibit / Ted T. Cable
  • Geotrails / Thomas A. Hose
  • Interpreting geological and mining heritage / Ross Dowling
  • Evolving geological interpretation writings about a well-traveled part of California, 1878-2016 / William Witherspoon
  • Commercially successful books for place-based geology : roadside geology covers the US / William Witherspoon and John Rimel
  • Community engagement in Japanese geoparks / Kazem Vafadari and Malcolm J.M. Cooper
  • The role of volunteer management programs in geotourism development / Cristian Ciobanu and Alexandru Andrășanu
  • Geotourism and proposed geopark projects in Turkey / Gülpinar Akbulut Özpay
  • Geotourism development in Latin American UNESCO Global Geoparks : Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, and Peru / José Luis Palacio Prieto ... [et al.]
  • Dinosaur geotourism : a world wide growing tourism niche / Nathalie Cayla
  • Accessible geotourism : constraints and implications / Mamoon Allan
  • Space and celestial geotourism / Bahram N. Sadry
  • Post-mining objects as geotourist attractions : Upper Silesian coal basin (Poland) / Krzysztof Gaidzik, Marta Chmielewska
  • Geotourism vs mass tourism : an overview of the Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark / Kamarulzaman Abdul Ghani
  • The future of geotourism / Bahram N. Sadry.