Geotourism [in the Encylcopedia of Tourism]

Authors/Creators

Ross Dowling, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

Geotourism is geology-based and was first defined as the provision of interpretive and service facilities to enable tourists to acquire knowledge and understanding of the geology and geomorphology of a site beyond the level of mere esthetic appreciation (Hose 1995). Inherent in this approach is that geotourism is a vehicle to foster geoconservation and an understanding of geological heritage

Document Type

Book Chapter

Date of Publication

2015

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

School

School of Business and Law

RAS ID

20566

Comments

Dowling, R. (2015). Geotourism. In Jafari, J., & Xiao, H. (Eds.), Encylcopedia of Tourism. Available http://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6. Available here.

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