Geoheritage and Cultural Landscape for Sustainable Tourism
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 619
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geoparks; encompassing their preparation; implementation; management; the promotion of public awareness
Interests: the utilization of mineral and thermal waters in various aspects; including tourism; spa tourism; reservoir sustainability; the sustainable management of geotourism and mining tourism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tourism offers a wide range of experiences for visitors and strives to effectively utilize the attractions and interesting places that a country provides.
Sustainable tourism brings economic, cultural, relational, and social benefits not only for visitors but also for the host communities. This occurs hand in hand with the protection of and education on all parts of a landscape, including geoheritage and cultural landscapes. The interconnection of geoheritage and the cultural landscape creates a whole that provides a higher quality and more comprehensive tourist experience for the visitor, and in addition, it offers opportunities to engage the local community from various spheres.
This Special Issue welcomes papers focusing on topics including (but not limited to) the following:
The aim of this Special Issue is to identify the relationships between geoheritage and cultural heritage and their utilization in tourism, to pinpoint the main and secondary themes at the intersection of geoheritage and cultural heritage, and to provide examples of specific topics and approaches. These topics encompass the added cultural value to geoheritage sites; geoheritage in the cultural landscapes; the cultural landscape more generally; and the contribution of geoheritage to the identity of the cultural landscape, as well as mining and extraction heritage and the connection to natural heritage.
This Special Issue aims to highlight not only theoretical insights but also good practices in how intersections between geoheritage and cultural landscapes can arise. The quality management of such areas and their utilization in tourism can bring benefits to the respective region, but attention must be paid to the overarching consideration, which is sustainability, so that these areas can be used and remain attractive for future generations.
Suggested themes include:
- the development of geoheritage and cultural landscape for tourism;
- methodology and theoretical foundations for ensuring the sustainable use of geoheritage and cultural landscape;
- the management of geoheritage and cultural landscape for tourism;
- the negative/positive impacts of tourism on geoheritage and landscape;
- best practices for sustainable tourism impacting geoheritage and landscape;
- sustainability issues related to geoheritage in the cultural landscape;
- geoheritage in brownfields;
- damage (threats) to geoheritage and its secondary use (re-use) in tourism.
In this Special Issue, both original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Mário Molokáč
Dr. Dana Tometzová
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geoheritage
- geotourism
- geoparks
- geoconservation
- cultural landscape
