The Five key principles of geotourism

The first three characteristics are considered to be essential for a product to be considered ‘geotourism’ while the last two characteristics are viewed as being desirable for all forms of tourism(Dowling,2011). 1.      geologically based 2.      sustainable 3.      educative 4.      locally beneficial 5.      generates tourist satisfaction

Dowling RK. (2011) Geotourism’s Global Growth, Geoheritage Journal. Vol. 3(1): 1-13.

Jask Region's Features, Iran ( Source: B.N.Sadry)

Jask region is located at eastern part of the Hormoz Strait.(in above map, red square), But the best place to visit some wonderful features like above picture , is available on Qeshm Island; exactly within Qeshm Global Geopark.

Qeshm Island is located at southern part of Iran in the Hormoz Strait, the largest island in the Persian Gulf. 

Find out more at : http://www.qeshmgeopark.org/

Geotourism Research

Geotourism research is a multidisciplinary activity encompassing the below items (Hose, 2003 Cited by Hose 2006) : 1.      Visitor Behaviour 2.      Typological Analysis 3.      Geo-interpretative Media Analysis 4.      Geosite  Analysis 5.      Geo-conservation  Studies 6.      Management  Studies

Hose, T. A. (2003). Geotourism in England: A Two-Region Case Study Analysis.Unpublished PhD thesis, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology,University of Birmingham. Hose, Thomas A.,:Geotourism and interpretation,In:Dowling R.K.&Newsome  D.(Eds):Geotourism-221-241, Oxford-Burlington(Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann)2006.

Useful Links

International Association of Geomorphologists:

Working Group on Geomorphosites : research, assessment and improvement
www.geomorph.org/wg/wggs.html

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Ideology's website:

   http://www.ideology.net.au/

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Dr. Mamoon Allan’ s useful website and weblinks:

A new webpage for international geotourism:

http://www.igeotourism.com/

The facebook page for geotourism issues which everbody can post anything related to geotourism there:

http://www.facebook.com/GeotourismGeologyTourism

Special thanks to our friend Dr. Mamoon Allan for sending  the above  links to us.

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Our colleague’s weblog: "geoturystyka", who  has linked to Global Geotourism Blog,  just in Polish:  

http://geoturystyka.blogspot.com/

And Polish Geotourism Magazine website :

http://geoturystyka.pl/pl/czasopismo

Geoturystyka magazine published since 2004 in Poland (in Polish & some in English)

With many thanks to our colleague & friend, Drs. Ewa Welc.

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Andrew Alden’s website  :  

Travel for Geologists  :

http://geology.about.com/od/geo_travel/Travel_for_Geologists.htm

Andrew Alden , our geologist colleague from the United States , is a science writer, photographer, editor and blogger with a lifelong passion for rocks, minerals, fossils...  who  has  recently linked to Global Geotourism Blog.

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To find out some interesting  pictures about  the relationship between Geology and Art , (potentially for tourism activities at secondry geosites), see the below blog:

http://geologyinart.blogspot.com/

and also :

 http://www.microckscopica.org/Galleries.html

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Dr. Antonio Licccardo’ s useful website ( you can find some online PhD thesis out

on Geotourism (- geoconservation), (just in Spanish with Eng Abstracts):

http://www.geoturismobrasil.com/
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Italian Geotourism Association

http://www.geotourism.it/

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http://www.baliedutours.com/geopark-and-geotourism.html

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Special issue - Geotourism in Acta geographica Slovenica website at:

http://ags.zrc-sazu.si/

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The Geotrends meeting:

held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 24 to 26 August 2010, organized by the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. The Programme and Abstracts of presented lectures and posters are available at the website: http://www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/geotrends.
Many thanks to our friend Dr.Bojan Erhartič for sending this link to us
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Geotourism in En.Wiki Pedia website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotourism