Geothermal fields of New Zealand in tourism industry – the case of complementary assets and competitive products

Pijet-Migoń, Edyta; Migoń, Piotr

doi:10.7494/geotour.2015.42-43.3

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“…There are also two major books on volcano tourism with case studies from around the world (Erfurt-Cooper and Cooper, 2010;Erfurt-Cooper, 2014). Specific examples of volcano tourism include Iceland (Dowling, 2010a); Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean (Dowling and Margueritte, 2014); Galápagos, Ecuador (Dowling, 2014b) as well as the geothermal fields in the Central North Island, New Zealand (Pijet- Migoń and Migoń, 2015). An extension of the above is 'landscape tourism' which integrates landscapes and geotourism.…”

Section: A Growing Literaturementioning

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Geotourism: definition, characteristics and international perspectives

Dowling¹,

Newsome²

2018

Handbook of Geotourism

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Section: A Growing Literaturementioning

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Geotourism: definition, characteristics and international perspectives

Dowling¹,

Newsome²

2018

Handbook of Geotourism

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The role of geodiversity and geoheritage in tourism and local development

Migoń

Pijet-Migoń

2022

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Geodiversity and geoheritage play an increasingly important role in the tourism industry, although visitors’ interest in natural phenomena is much older than these two, relatively modern concepts. This chapter reviews several key issues emerging at the interface of geoheritage and the needs and expectations of the tourism industry, both tourists and service providers. Specific themes discussed include evaluation of geodiversity and geoheritage resources for tourism purposes, problems of interpreting Earth heritage for the general public, accessibility issues related to conservation, and the role of geoparks and allied initiatives in fostering local development. More general overviews are supplemented by case studies, illustrating each theme. These are taken from various localities globally, from Europe, South America and Oceania. It is concluded that the coverage of thematic studies at the interface between geoheritage resources and tourism science is uneven. Inventories and assessments of geoheritage and geodiversity sites for geotourism are widely reported and new resources for geotourism development are commonly explored, whereas much less is known about the actual perception of geoheritage values among visitors and the quality and effectiveness of their interpretation. Likewise, the positive impact of geotourism on local economies seems to be more hypothesized or anticipated than actually demonstrated.

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Geothermal fields of New Zealand in tourism industry – the case of complementary assets and competitive products

Abstract: Geothermal phenomena in the North

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Geotourism: definition, characteristics and international perspectives

Geotourism: definition, characteristics and international perspectives

The role of geodiversity and geoheritage in tourism and local development

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