Interpretation Possibilites of Geoheritage in Southeastern Serbia—Gorge and Canyon Study

Began, Milica; Višnić, Tamara; Djokic, M.; Vasiljević, Djordjije A.

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“…In some related parks and other areas, geotourism is being used to promote geoheritage. They include the geologic park of Aliaga, Spain (Escorihuela and Dowling, 2015); the US Fossil Parks (Clary and Wandersee, 2014); Sheringham Park, England (Daniels and Veale, 2015); a region in southeastern Serbia (Began et al, 2017); and in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Kelley and Salazar, 2017). Many regions have also been assessed for their potential for geotourism.…”

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“…This is illustrated in the many chapters of this book. Specific regions and/or countries where geotourism has been proposed include the Almeria Province, southeast Spain (Hose, 2007); Hawaii, USA (King, 2010); The Sultanate of Oman (Lawrence, 2010); Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Tongkul, 2010); Mauritius (Johnson et al, 2010); the Kutch region, Gujarat, India (Swarna et al, 2013); the Lubelskie Province, southeastern Poland (Zgłobicki and Baran-Zgłobicka, 2013); China (Zhang et al, 2013); Malaysia (Ghani et al, 2013); Iceland (Ólafsdóttir and Dowling, 2014); the Idanre Hills, Nigeria (Anifowose and Kolawole, 2014); Western Australia (Pforr and Dowling, 2008;Pforr et al, 2014); in eight Chinese geoparks (Ng, 2015); Philippines (Aquino et al, 2017); Zonguldak, Turkey (Citiroglu et al, 2017); Waldviertel, Austria (Migoń, Różycka and Michniewicz, 2017); Serbia (Began et al, 2017), Australia and New Zealand (Dowling and Pforr, 2017) and in southern Egypt (Sallam et al, 2018). Community attitudes to geotourism development have been examined in Iran (Shahhoseini et al, 2017) and Poland (Różycka and Migoń, 2018).…”

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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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“…Geotourism is now being used as a vehicle to foster sustainable tourism development in a number of regions around the world, for example, in China (Zhang et al, 2013), Malaysia (Ghani, Leman, & Komoo, 2013), Philippines (Aquino, Schänzel, & Hyde, 2017), Turkey (Citiroglu, Isik, & Pulat, 2017), and Serbia (Began et al, 2017).…”

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Geotourism Destinations – Visitor Impacts and Site Management Considerations

Dowling

Newsome

2017

Czech Journal of Tourism

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Geotourism is becoming a well established form of tourism based on the geological environment. It offers a new form of sustainable tourism which is more holistic then previous niche forms of tourism. However, with more people than ever visiting natural areas worldwide, the cumulative impacts of visitors on geological sites is increasing. This paper surveys visitor impacts and site management at geological sites which are geotourism destinations. We describe geotourism which is the engine driving the core activities of conservation, education and sustainable development in geoparks. We then outline some lessons learned from management in dealing with visitor impacts at a heavily visited geopark in Taiwan, a volcano in Indonesia, and a coastal World Heritage site in England. The importance of education is emphasized for geo-climbing in Spain and all-terrain vehicles in Poland. A number of site management approaches are noted, including the importance of guiding as a management strategy as well as the value of a positive involvement by the local community. Finally, some examples are given of the risks associated with tourism activities in volcanic areas as well as related appropriate management activities.

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“…Although this problem can be fixed with professional interpretations of the geological information (guided excursions, specially installed panels and kiosks, interactive and virtual tools, etc.) [13,[21][22][23][24][25], the relevant solutions limit carrying capacity of geo-tourist attractions and require additional costs for geo-tourism resource exploitation. Moreover, tourists can be better satisfied from visits to geo-parks, offering easier-to-understand geo-heritage.…”

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Geo-Heritage Specific Visibility as an Important Parameter in Geo-Tourism Resource Evaluation

Mikhailenko

Ruban

2019

Geosciences

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Geological heritage (geo-heritage) is a resource for geoscience, geo-education, and geo-tourism. Geo-tourist attractions differ in their physical visibility, interpretation (clarity), and aesthetic attractiveness. These three characteristics determine perception of visitors and, thus, the importance of attractions. An integrative parameter, namely specific visibility, is proposed for qualitative geo-tourism resource evaluation. This parameter is examined for all geo-heritage types, and some relevant examples from southwest Russia are considered. The geo-heritage types differ in their specific visibility. For instance, when landforms like the Granite Gorge in the Western Caucasus (geomorphological type) are well-visible, geochemical processes like the heavy metal cycling in the Don River delta and the Pelenkino mud lake (geo-chemical type) are not as visible. Such a difference should be taken into account when geo-tourism resources of any area or a geopark are evaluated. The lower the specific visibility, the higher the costs for professional interpretation and demand for advanced infrastructure solutions.

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Interpretation Possibilites of Geoheritage in Southeastern Serbia—Gorge and Canyon Study

Cited by 20 publications

References 7 publications

Geotourism: definition, characteristics and international perspectives

Geotourism: definition, characteristics and international perspectives

Geotourism Destinations – Visitor Impacts and Site Management Considerations

Geo-Heritage Specific Visibility as an Important Parameter in Geo-Tourism Resource Evaluation

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