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Analysis of network activities in geoparks as geotourism destinations
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.Geoparks as an innovation for the protection of natural and geological heritage play an important role in the development of geotourism and knowledge exchange. The European Geopark Network and the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network have introduced geotourism as one of themaintargetforgeoparksinparallelwithconservationandeducation.Forthatpurpose,itiscrucialtoapplythenetworkconcepttogeotourism activities. This paper ...
Geo-knowledge management and geoconservation via geoparks and geotourism
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.; Amrikazemi, AlirezaA geopark as a new tourism destination contains a number of geological heritage sites. Geoparks as an innovation for the protection of natural and geological heritage are a network of sites for the transfer of Earth knowledge and the popularisation of geosciences. Moreover, geoparks play an important role in rural development through local involvement in geopark and geotourism activities. This paper discusses t...
Tourism Crisis Management in Geoparks through Geotourism Development
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.The recent global financial crisis has negatively affected the tourism marketing as well as all sectors of the global economy. However, the crisis can create an opportunity for innovation in management and the emergence of new tourism products in tourism marketing. This study has two major purposes: 1) to introduce geotourism as a new niche tourism product for development of the local economy and...
Tourism crisis management in geoparks through geotourism development
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.The recent global financial crisis has negatively affected the tourism marketing as well as all sectors of the global economy. However, the crisis can create an opportunity for innovation in management and the emergence of new tourism products in tourism marketing. This study has two major purposes: 1) to introduce geotourism as a new niche tourism product for development of the local economy and 2) to investig...