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Geoheritage and Geotourism Resources

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  • Nicoletta Santangelo

    (Department of Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy)

  • Ettore Valente

    (Department of Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy)

Abstract

This Special Issue wants to outline the role of Geoheritage and Geotourism as potential touristic resources of a region. The term “Geoheritage” refers to a peculiar type of natural resources represented by sites of special geological significance, rarity or beauty that are representative of a region and of its geological history, events and processes. These sites are also known as “geosites” and, as well as archaeological, architectonic and historical ones, they can be considered as part of the cultural estate of a country. “Geotourism” is an emerging type of sustainable tourism, which concentrates on geosites, furnishing to visitors knowledge, environmental education and amusement. In this meaning, Geotourism may be very useful for geological Sciences divulgation and may furnish additional opportunities for the development of rural areas, generally not included among the main touristic attractions. The collected papers focused on these main topics with different methods and approaches and can be grouped as follows: (i) papers dealing with geosites promotion and valorisation in protected areas; (ii) papers dealing with geosites promotion and valorisation in non-protected areas; (iii) papers dealing with geosites promotion by exhibition, remote sensing analysis and apps; (iv) papers investigating geotourism and geoheritage from the tourists’ perspective.

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  • Nicoletta Santangelo & Ettore Valente, 2020. "Geoheritage and Geotourism Resources," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-5, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jresou:v:9:y:2020:i:7:p:80-:d:377492
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    1. Francesca Filocamo & Gianluigi Di Paola & Lino Mastrobuono & Carmen M. Rosskopf, 2020. "MoGeo, a Mobile Application to Promote Geotourism in Molise Region (Southern Italy)," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-20, March.
    2. Agnieszka Rozenkiewicz & Krzysztof Widawski & Zdzisław Jary, 2020. "Geotourism and the 21st Century–NTOs’ Website Information Availability on Geotourism Resources in Selected Central European Countries: International Perspective," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-28, January.
    3. Luigi Perotti & Irene Maria Bollati & Cristina Viani & Enrico Zanoletti & Valeria Caironi & Manuela Pelfini & Marco Giardino, 2020. "Fieldtrips and Virtual Tours as Geotourism Resources: Examples from the Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Global Geopark (NW Italy)," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-35, May.
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