Geotourism Mapping for Sustainability: A Basin Oriented Approach
Journal Title: GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites - Year 2018, Vol 21, Issue 1
Abstract
Visit to geosites as geotourists constitutes a distinct subsector of natural area tourism, a specialized form of tourism concentrating on economic utilization of the geological resources under the umbrella of tourism industry. Subarnarekha basin, of India with its various hierarchies of geosites provides immense possibilities for geotourism development. Diversified topographic features, both multi-cyclic and polygenic landforms are geotourism resources of the regions. This paper is an attempt to classify the geosites of the Subarnarekha basin from geotourism mapping perspectives with wider goal of assuring sustainability in the field of geoheritage managemen
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CHAKRABARTY Premangshu, MANDAL Rahul
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