Development of Geotourism in Kutch Region, Gujarat, India: An Innovative Approach

Abstract

Geotourism in Kutch has an exemplary potential of being designated as a site for perfect establishment of a National Geopark. The paper is aimed to describe the geological significance of the sites with basic concept of creation of geoparks and promote geotourism. The financial, infrastructural aspects, deliverables to the society are presented primarily focusing on the local economic and sustainable development of Kutch. The need for development of infrastructure for geotourism is urgently required as the rare geological heritage of Kutch region is eroding and being destroyed due to manmade activities.

Revisión bibliográfica internacional sobre el patrimonio geológico

“…Aquí es preciso señalar que es Andalucía la comunidad autónoma que cuenta con mayor número de Geoparques (4) y de Geosites (96). Otro tema protagonista es el geoturismo, que es la principal actividad económica que permite aprovechar de manera sostenible el patrimonio geológico (Bourchich et al, 2015;Dóniz-Páez et al 2016;Farsani et al, 2011Farsani et al, , 2014Meléndez-Hevia et al, 2017;Mukwada & Sekhele, 2017;Swarna et al, 2013). En el otro extremo, aunque se están afianzando como temas de interés, se encuentran los estudios sobre geodiversidad (Araujo & Pereira, 2018;Melelli, 2014;Posada Ayala et al, 2014;Ruban & Yashalova, 2018) y la educación ligada a la enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra (Bazán, 2014;Catana & Caetano Alves, 2009;Druguet el al., 2013;Ribas, 2018) Esta creciente atención por los recursos geológicos ha dado lugar a que se hayan realizado diferentes revisiones bibliográficas sobre geodiversidad y patrimonio geológico (Ibáñez et al, 2019), ecoturismo/ geoturismo (Chandel & Mishra, 2016;Duarte et al, 2020;Herrera-Franco et al, 2020;Ólafsdóttir & Tverijonaite, 2018;Ruban 2015), geodiversidad y turismo (Rapanelli & Feger, 2018) y patrimonio geológico y Geosites (Herrera-Franco et al, 2022).…”

Geotourism Development Through the Public Facilities in Geotrail Bakkara, Toba Caldera Geopark

“…Unfortunately, some tourism destinations in Bakkara do not provide a souvenir shop as well as promoting and selling its natural wealth. The tourists should spend everything related to creativity in improving the local economy (Swarna et al, 2013). Lodging and eatery facilities are also public facilities in tourist areas that are useful in improving the host economy.…”