Methodologies and Activities to Promote Geotourism. The Case Study of the Cannobina Valley (NW Italy)

Ghiraldi, Luca; Bacenetti, Marco; Perotti, Luigi; Giardino, Marco; Millemaci, Paolo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09408-3_47

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“…In addition, mobile applications are a perfect tool for exploiting digital and multimedia materials for didactic and touristic purposes, engendering the possibility to create an immersive experience and expanding the temporal and spatial scales of perception that you can have simply observing a point of interest [29,33]. In several case studies mobile applications have already been created and tested with urban areas as prime locations [34] but also in non-urbanized contexts [35][36][37][38][39]. The topic is often focused on building stones, since the target images are easily recognizable and obtainable by visual recognition tools [40].…”

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HUSH (Hiking in Urban Scientific Heritage): The Augmented Reality for Enhancing the Geological and Naturalistic Heritage in Urban Areas

Melelli,

Bianchini,

Fanò

2023

Applied Sciences

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Over the past two decades, significant efforts have been made to diversify the tourism industry and enhance its educational experience. One such endeavor is urban trekking and geotourism, which have emerged as important means of promoting geological knowledge. The recent advancements in augmented reality technologies as well as the increasing availability of ‘born digital’ data such as those gathered from social media create a basis for the development of immersive and customized touristic experiences. Urban scientific heritage, augmented reality, and data mining are the key elements of the HUSH project. Its first focus is the identification of the naturalistic components in a given urban area (flora, fauna, and geological features) through literature surveys and scientific research. These factors become points of interest (PoIs) along touristic paths, where they are connected to the historical and artistic components of the area. Augmented reality serves as the medium through which the user can access this content. The contents are delivered as videos, text, images, or interactive 3D models. The mobile application from this project is a useful tool for promoting geoheritage and naturalistic values in urban areas and for improving the awareness and the sustainability of our cities.

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HUSH (Hiking in Urban Scientific Heritage): The Augmented Reality for Enhancing the Geological and Naturalistic Heritage in Urban Areas

Melelli,

Bianchini,

Fanò

2023

Applied Sciences

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Geotourism in Egypt

Abdou

Wafik

Hassan

2023

Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism

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Following the Tracks of Charlemagne in the Cottian Alps. The Cultural and Geological Heritage of the Franks Trail (Susa Valley, Piemonte, NW Italy)

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This paper presents an attempt at the evaluation of the Alpine geoheritage of the Susa Valley (Piemonte region, NW Italy). The area is included in the project for the creation of the 'Cottian Alps Geopark', whose application to the European Geoparks Network is in progress. The Susa valley is a unique and great geological section showing all the structures and rocks involved in Alpine orogenesis. Moreover, it shows outstanding examples of interactions between human activities and processes of the physical environment. We considered these cultural landscapes as a heritage worthy to be known by people and to be exploited by geotourism activities. Therefore, we investigated the local geodiversity, assessed the geoheritage and identified the geosites characterised by a high potential for the enhancement of public understanding of geoscience and for recreational activities. In this paper, we describe the actions and methodologies carried on for creating geo-itineraries and for improving tourism activities and scientific knowledge. In particular, we focus attention on the Franks trail, a 60-km-long route crossing the Geopark territory, which follows the path blazed by Charlemagne in 773 AD as he attempted to avoid the Longobard army. The trail runs through many sites which tell about natural and cultural heritage. Our evaluation project makes the trail suitable as a 'cultural extension' of the 'Via GeoAlpina', an international project that aims to show the wonders of alpine geology and geomorphology.

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Methodologies and Activities to Promote Geotourism. The Case Study of the Cannobina Valley (NW Italy)

Cited by 4 publications

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HUSH (Hiking in Urban Scientific Heritage): The Augmented Reality for Enhancing the Geological and Naturalistic Heritage in Urban Areas

HUSH (Hiking in Urban Scientific Heritage): The Augmented Reality for Enhancing the Geological and Naturalistic Heritage in Urban Areas

Geotourism in Egypt

Following the Tracks of Charlemagne in the Cottian Alps. The Cultural and Geological Heritage of the Franks Trail (Susa Valley, Piemonte, NW Italy)

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