IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jresou/v9y2020i3p31-d331551.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

MoGeo, a Mobile Application to Promote Geotourism in Molise Region (Southern Italy)

Author

Listed:
  • Francesca Filocamo

    (Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, Contrada Fonte Lappone, 86090 Pesche (IS), Italy)

  • Gianluigi Di Paola

    (Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, Contrada Fonte Lappone, 86090 Pesche (IS), Italy)

  • Lino Mastrobuono

    (Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, Contrada Fonte Lappone, 86090 Pesche (IS), Italy)

  • Carmen M. Rosskopf

    (Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, Contrada Fonte Lappone, 86090 Pesche (IS), Italy)

Abstract

Geotourism represents a powerful and new form of sustainable tourism that has rapidly expanded worldwide over the last decades. To promote it, the use of digital and geomatic tools is becoming of increasing importance. Especially mobile information represents one of the most efficient and smart ways to bring geotourism closer to a wide audience. This applies in particular to rural and inner areas, where the exploitation of geoheritage can represent a crucial resource for eco-friendly and sustainable tourism development. With the aim to promote geotourism on a regional scale, we have implemented a mobile devise application for Molise region, tested in the Alto Molise area. This application, called MoGeo App, aims at providing diversified geotourism information that combines geologic attractions (geosites and geologic itineraries) with other possible tourist attractions (other sites of natural and cultural interest), to respond to differentiated interests and needs of a wide audience. Besides geotourism purposes, the structure of MoGeo App can be used also for other purposes such as educational targets, by adapting contents and language. It appears to be a flexible, easily updatable digital tool, adaptable to various target groups, as well as other regional contexts, both inside and outside of Italy.

Suggested Citation

  • Francesca Filocamo & Gianluigi Di Paola & Lino Mastrobuono & Carmen M. Rosskopf, 2020. "MoGeo, a Mobile Application to Promote Geotourism in Molise Region (Southern Italy)," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-20, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jresou:v:9:y:2020:i:3:p:31-:d:331551
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/9/3/31/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/9/3/31/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Anna V. Mikhailenko & Dmitry A. Ruban, 2019. "Environment of Viewpoint Geosites: Evidence from the Western Caucasus," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(6), pages 1-10, June.
    2. Kirillova, Ksenia & Fu, Xiaoxiao & Lehto, Xinran & Cai, Liping, 2014. "What makes a destination beautiful? Dimensions of tourist aesthetic judgment," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 282-293.
    3. Michele Minotti & Carmen Giancola & Piera Di Marzio & Paolo Di Martino, 2018. "Land Use Dynamics of Drove Roads: The Case of Tratturo Castel di Sangro-Lucera (Molise, Italy)," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-24, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Nicoletta Santangelo & Ettore Valente, 2020. "Geoheritage and Geotourism Resources," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-5, June.
    2. Anna V. Mikhailenko & Svetlana O. Zorina & Natalia N. Yashalova & Dmitry A. Ruban, 2023. "Promoting Geosites on Web-Pages: An Assessment of the Quality and Quantity of Information in Real Cases," Resources, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-17, May.
    3. Mengdi Wang & Kaixuan Tan & Yongmei Li & Yanshi Xie & Wenzhou Xiao & Yang Xu & Yunting Tian, 2022. "Study on the Sustainable Development of Popular Science Tourism Based on the SWOT Analysis for the Xiangxi UNESCO Global Geopark," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Getaneh Addis Tessema & Jean Poesen & Gert Verstraeten & Anton Van Rompaey & Jan van der Borg, 2021. "The Scenic Beauty of Geosites and Its Relation to Their Scientific Value and Geoscience Knowledge of Tourists: A Case Study from Southeastern Spain," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-27, April.
    2. Kirillova, Ksenia, 2023. "A review of aesthetics research in tourism:," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    3. Habibi, Tahereh & Ponedelnik, Alena A. & Yashalova, Natalia N. & Ruban, Dmitry A., 2018. "Urban geoheritage complexity: Evidence of a unique natural resource from Shiraz city in Iran," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 85-94.
    4. Salvatore Di Fazio & Giuseppe Modica, 2018. "Historic Rural Landscapes: Sustainable Planning Strategies and Action Criteria. The Italian Experience in the Global and European Context," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-27, October.
    5. Ana Cláudia Amaro & Luisa M. Martinez & Filipe R. Ramos & Karla Menezes & Silvio Menezes, 2023. "An overstimulated consumer in a highly visual world: the moderating effect of the highly sensitive person trait on the attitude towards the ad," Electronic Commerce Research, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 1429-1458, September.
    6. Dmitry A. Ruban, 2018. "Karst as Important Resource for Geopark-Based Tourism: Current State and Biases," Resources, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-8, December.
    7. Min Shao & Derong Lin, 2021. "A Study on How the Five Senses Are Affected When Tourists Experience Towns with Forest Characteristics: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of Fujian, Guangdong and Sichuan in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-16, July.
    8. Olga P. Kormazina & Dmitry A. Ruban & Natalia N. Yashalova, 2022. "Hotel Naming in Russian Cities: An Imprint of Foreign Cultures and Languages between Europe and Asia," Societies, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-13, March.
    9. Zhou, Long & Li, Yixin & Cheng, Jialin & Qin, Yu & Shen, Guoqiang & Li, Bin & Yang, Huajie & Li, Sihong, 2023. "Understanding the aesthetic perceptions and image impressions experienced by tourists walking along tourism trails through continuous cityscapes in Macau," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    10. Lee, Kai-Sean, 2022. "Culinary aesthetics: World-traveling with culinary arts," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    11. Daxin Dong & Xiaowei Xu & Yat Fung Wong, 2019. "Estimating the Impact of Air Pollution on Inbound Tourism in China: An Analysis Based on Regression Discontinuity Design," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-18, March.
    12. Boqian Wei & Tingting Yang & Chih-Hsing Liu, 2021. "“Can Intelligence Make You Happy?” The Influence of Tourists’ Cultural Sustainability and Intelligence on Their Flow Experience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-18, November.
    13. Anna V. Mikhailenko & Dmitry A. Ruban, 2019. "Environment of Viewpoint Geosites: Evidence from the Western Caucasus," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(6), pages 1-10, June.
    14. Yuri A. Fedorov & Dmitry A. Ruban, 2019. "Geoheritage Resource of Small Mud Lakes in the Semi-Arid Environments of the Russian South," Resources, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-11, April.
    15. Weiwei Zhou & Li-Yu Chen & Rung-Jiun Chou, 2021. "Important Factors Affecting Rural Tourists’ Aesthetic Experience: A Case Study of Zoumatang Village in Ningbo," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-24, July.
    16. Sallam, Emad S. & Ruban, Dmitry A. & Ermolaev, Vladimir A., 2022. "Geoheritage resources and new direction of infrastructural growth in Egypt: From geosite assessment to policy development," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    17. Felix Amoah & Laetitia Radder & Marlà van Eyk, 2018. "A Comparison of Rural and Urban Tourism Experiences: A South African Example," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 10(2), pages 239-249.
    18. Ke Wu & Peixue Liu & Zhenghu Nie, 2021. "Estimating the Economic Value of Soundscapes in Nature-Based Tourism Destinations: A Separation Attempt of a Pairwise Comparison Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-23, February.
    19. O'Donoghue, Cathal & Hynes, Stephen & Kilgarriff, Paul & Ryan, Mary & Tsakiridis, Andreas, 2020. "Assessing preferences for rural landscapes: An attribute based choice modelling approach," Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), vol. 9(2), August.
    20. Daxin Dong & Xiaowei Xu & Hong Yu & Yanfang Zhao, 2019. "The Impact of Air Pollution on Domestic Tourism in China: A Spatial Econometric Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-16, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jresou:v:9:y:2020:i:3:p:31-:d:331551. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.