Protected areas and nature-based tourism: A 30-year bibliometric review

S Silva, LF Silva, A Vieira - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nature-based tourism constitutes a major segment of world tourism. Protected areas are
considered a popular theme in the literature, which is characterised by a great heterogeneity …

[HTML][HTML] Economic impact of UNESCO Global Geoparks on local communities: Comparative analysis of three UNESCO Global Geoparks in Asia

YJ Lee, R Jayakumar - International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021 - Elsevier
UNESCO Global Geoparks were established in 2015. With respect to sustainable
development, there are numerous sites globally that have potential for immediate substantial …

Geoheritage and geotourism contribution to tourism development in protected areas of Slovakia—theoretical considerations

Ľ Štrba, J Kolačkovská, D Kudelas, B Kršák, C Sidor - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Slovakia is renowned for its remarkable and rare natural beauty, abundant in natural
resources with several noteworthy geological features. However, the protection of nature …

Geoheritage: The foundation for sustainable geotourism

M Bentivenga, F Cavalcante, G Mastronuzzi… - Geoheritage, 2019 - Springer
Over recent decades, many studies on geological heritage have been carried out, one of the
main results being the dissemination of a more enthusiastic approach to the information on …

Geoparks and education: UNESCO Global Geopark Villuercas-Ibores-Jara as a case study in Spain

R Fernández Álvarez - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The UNESCO Global Geoparks is a good didactic instrument that allows teaching territorial
elements in transversal way. The geopark provides a means to address the teaching …

Benefit segmentation of tourists to geosites and its implications for sustainable development of geotourism in the Southern Lake Tana Region, Ethiopia

GA Tessema, J van Der Borg, A Van Rompaey… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Geotourism is a sustainable type of tourism that focuses on the geological and
geomorphological heritages of an area, and the associated cultural and biodiversity …

Linking wine culture and geoheritage—Missing opportunities at European UNESCO World Heritage sites and in UNESCO Global Geoparks? A survey of web-based …

E Pijet-Migoń, P Migoń - Geoheritage, 2021 - Springer
Vine cultivation is strongly dependent on local terrain conditions, including geology,
landforms and soils. This offers an opportunity to develop interpretation and geo-education …

Water as a tourist resource in Extremadura: Assessment of its attraction capacity and approximation to the tourist profile

JM Sánchez-Martín, M Sánchez-Rivero… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In inland areas water is an important resource for attracting tourists as is the case in
Extremadura. For this reason this research aims to determine its attraction capacity for …

Implantación de alojamientos en el medio rural y freno a la despoblación: realidad o ficción. El caso de Extremadura (España)

JM Sánchez Martín, JI Rengifo Gallego… - Revista de Geografía …, 2020 - SciELO Chile
Los municipios rurales se enfrentan a una despoblación paulatina que, unida a otros
problemas derivados de la misma, ha favorecido la implantación de numerosas políticas de …

Characterization of the tourist demand of the villuercas–ibores–jara geopark: A destination with the capacity to attract tourists and visitors

JM Sánchez-Martín, JI Rengifo-Gallego… - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Geological heritage has become a tourist resource with huge potential in certain areas,
which has given rise to a tourism category known as geotourism which has entered the …