Preservation of the geoheritage and mining heritage of Serifos Island, Greece: Geotourism perspectives in a potential new global UNESCO geopark

N Vlachopoulos, P Voudouris - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Serifos island is characterized by rich geodiversity, industrial and cultural heritage. The
present paper focuses on the geological and mining heritage of Serifos, with the aim of …

Assessment and promotion of geotouristic and geomining routes as a basis for local development: A case study

P Carrión-Mero, G Herrera-Narváez, G Herrera-Franco… - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Travel itineraries are fundamental in the development of tourism of a given area. Traditional
thematic routes (eg, architectural, archaeological) can be significantly improved and …

Ecotourism practices in Potatso National Park from the perspective of tourists: Assessment and developing contradictions

R Zheng, S Zhen, L Mei, H Jiang - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ecotourism in Potatso National Park has been developing for more than 15 years, which has
had important guiding significance for the development of China's national parks. This paper …

Georoutes as a basis for territorial development of the Pacific Coast of South America: A case study

G Herrera-Franco, C Mora-Frank, T Kovács… - Geoheritage, 2022 - Springer
Thematic travel itineraries (eg architectural, archaeological, geological routes) can be
instrumental in developing tourism in a given area. Travellers are expected to follow the …

Study on the sustainable development of popular science tourism based on the swot analysis for the Xiangxi Unesco Global Geopark

M Wang, K Tan, Y Li, Y Xie, W Xiao, Y Xu, Y Tian - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Xiangxi UNESCO Global Geopark (XUGG) contained the largest karst red stone forest
landscape and the Global Standard Stratotype-section and Points (GSSPs) in the Cambrian …

Preliminary assessment of the geological and mining heritage of the Golden Quadrilateral (Metaliferi Mountains, Romania) as a potential geotourism destination

V Milu - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Metaliferi Mountains (Western Romania) are known worldwide as the richest gold
region in Romania and hosts for numerous porphyry and epithermal deposits. In these …

Tourism routes development: critical success factors

A Pedrosa, F Martins, Z Breda, R Lois González… - Tourism …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to identify Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for tourism route
development and proposes a tailored conceptual model. It addresses a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing speleoarcheological geoheritage: Linking new Paleolithic discoveries and potential cave tourism destinations in Serbia

A Antić, D Mihailović, P Radović, N Tomić… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to perform a tourist assessment of the representative
speleoarchaeological geoheritage in Serbia for the purposes of establishing new cave …

Assessing the geotourism potential of the Niš city area (Southeast Serbia)

M Marjanović, N Tomić, AR Radivojević, SB Marković - Geoheritage, 2021 - Springer
The turbulent geological past of the southeastern part of Serbia, along with the influence of
the Nišava River, has created a rich and complex geodiversity. However, the geotourism …

Saline soils: A potentially significant geoheritage of the Vojvodina Region, Northern Serbia

T Zeremski, N Tomić, S Milić, J Vasin, RJ Schaetzl… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Halomorphic (or saline) soils, are characterized by high concentrations of soluble salts or
sodium, or both. Saline soils have unfavorable agricultural properties but provide the natural …